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Re‐opening schools in Croatia did not have a negative impact on children under 14, but it could not be ruled out in older children

School closures have been used to help tackle COVID-19. Meta-analyses and reviews suggest that children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the pandemic and that opening schools and kindergartens is unlikely to increase COVID-19 mortality rates in older people. Croatia closed its schools on 16 March 2020, and they reopened in week 37, 7 September 2020, after the summer holidays. This study investigated the effect that opening schools in week 37 had on incidence trends from weeks 32–42, by analysing COVID-19 testing data using joinpoint regression.

schools ; COVID-19 ; children ; epidemiology ; Croatia

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