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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we were to have an extended school closure (and we won’t) ...   [/quote]

Since this coronavirus outbreak started school closures have been used extensively as a community mitigation measure.  (in many cases it was more a delayed reopening of the schools as schools had been closed for Lunar New Year)

All of China has closed schools.

Taiwan closed schools (just reopened today I think.. with rules that is 2 kids at a school were diagnosed with cornoavirus, that school will be shut down for 14 days.  They take temperature every morning and twice during the day too)

Hong Kong closed schools -- 2 month closure; everyone doing online school if possible.

S Korea closed schools in certain affected areas; I thought I read they just decided to close schools nationwide (it was a big deal) but I can't find that now.

Vietnam most districts closed for 4 weeks; they are debating now whether to return or stay closed till end of March

Iran just closed all schools

Singapore suspended all intra-school activities, camps, field trips and schoolwide assemblies early on.  Singapore has been vigrously testing and doing contact tracing and banning people from all sorts of places -- they haven't closed schools yet and say they dont think they will.  But IMO they are now, despite all their hard work, seeing cases with no link to any outside contacts.... true community spread... so I think they will close schools soon.

Japan so far is the other big hold out -- right now they are closing schools in a reactionary way (if a teacher is ill) or case by case basis.  FWIW this will do nothing to control the spread of the epidemic.  You need to close all the schools in the area for it to really have an effect.

Italy has closed schools in Lombardy and Veneto for at least two weeks I think, but unless the virus just goes awau completely I can't see when they would reopen and I expect more schools in Italy to close.

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