A new study from the Institut Pasteur, published Friday, November 26, has shown that the presence of young children in a home increases the risk of being ill with Covid-19 by 30%.
The Covid-19 never ceases to be talked about. While the fifth wave is becoming more and more important, as new measures have been implemented, particularly in schools, the Institut Pasteur has unveiled new results on places that presented an increased risk of variant contamination. Delta in France. The researchers studied the dispersion of the virus in recent months in France, from May 23 to August 13. Published in the medical journal The Lancet Regional Health Europe this Friday, November 26, their ComCor * study showed that in people over 40, the presence of children in a household or in the entourage, represents an increased risk of infection. Contamination would be all the more important in contact with young children under 3 years old.
In detail, theThe risk of catching the virus increases by 90% when you have very young children who go to nursery, and of + 60% with toddlers who are looked after by a nanny. Concerning adolescents, this increased risk is + 30% and + 20% for high school students.
The importance of barrier gestures
Asked by AFP, French epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, who led the study, is categorical: “it is important to keep all measures at school”, in particular the ventilation of the rooms, the wearing of the mask. Hand washing is also important. These are small gestures to apply on a daily basis, which can make the difference. And this in all the places that we frequent, alone or in large numbers.
In addition, the Institut Pasteur report revealed that the riskiest places this summer were, unsurprisingly, the evenings to watch football matches, nightclubs and transport (taxi + 50%, plane + 70%, train + 30% etc). So many situations that can be risky.
* The ComCor study by the Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam), Public Health France and the IPSO Institute, was based on data from 12,634 people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between May 23 and August 13, 2021, and 5,560 controls (uninfected) recruited over this same period and matched on age, sex, population density, region of residence and week of exposure.