Teachers Not at Increased Risk From COVID-19: UK Study

Teachers Not at Increased Risk From COVID-19: UK Study
Pupils return to the classroom at Cleeves Primary School, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 22, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Teachers are not at greater risk of hospitalisation as a result of COVID-19 infection than the rest of the population, a newly published study in the UK suggests.

“Compared with adults of working age who are otherwise similar, teachers and their household members were not found to be at increased risk of hospital admission with COVID-19 and were found to be at lower risk of severe COVID-19,” concluded the study that was published in the medical journal BMJ.