The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has said that children are not significant contributors to the spread of Covid-19. It found that children are not substantially contributing to the spread of Covid-19 in their household or in schools. One Australian study examined potential spread from 18 confirmed cases involving nine students and nine staff in 15 different schools. One child from a primary school and one child from a high school may have contracted Covid-19 from the initial cases at their schools. There have been 381 cases recorded in children under 15 years of age, 121 of which involves under-fives.

Source: Irish Independent May 13, 2020 15:00 UTC