"It's now clear the idea that children don't often get infected and don't transmit the virus is mistaken," said University of Western Australia epidemiologist Zoe Hyde. "We know that children can transmit the virus, but we don't yet know whether they can transmit as effectively as adults." Canada's federal guidelines for returning students to school focus heavily on isolating those with symptoms but make little mention of asymptomatic transmission. Canada's federal guidelines for returning students to school focus heavily on isolating those with symptoms but make little mention of asymptomatic transmission. In absence of that, randomly testing classrooms with our current technology through what's known as surveillance testing could help catch asymptomatic cases in schools before they spread.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2020 08:01 UTC