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By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published December 18, 2020 1:39pm The full resumption of face-to-face classes in the first half of 2021 may cause a jump in COVID-19 deaths, according to a study made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In its “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Face-to-Face Closure of Schools to Control COVID-19 in the Philippines,” the Manila-based multilateral lender said it finds “that fully reopening schools at all levels during January–June 2021 affects total COVID-19 deaths by about 8%.” “When the new normal is maintained, overall mortality from COVID-19 from school opening is about 1,500 lives nationally, or around an 8% increase from the cumulative value simulated if schools were to remain closed,” the ADB said. ....
Return of students aged below 15 will cut school shutdown losses – study enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 17) A partial return to face-to-face classes based on age groups could be the best compromise to reduce ₱1.93 trillion in estimated losses from school shutdowns, a study from the Asian Development Bank revealed. In an ADB brief titled Cost–Benefit Analysis of Face-to-Face Closure of Schools to Control COVID-19 in the Philippines, researchers compared the monetary and health-related losses brought about by the shift to distance learning due to the pandemic. There, they found substantial negative effects of classroom shutdowns. The study authored by David Raitzer, Rouselle Lavado, Jomar Rabajante, Xylee Javier, Ludigil Garces, and Glenita Amoranto found that closing schools are not especially effective in controlling COVID-19, as the risk to children is very small in terms of infections and deaths ....
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