Sri Lanka, June 3 -- The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (SLCP), the foremost academic professional organization of all the Consultant Paediatricians in Sri Lanka, forwards this Position Statement regarding the reopening of schools to optimize adaptation of children to the new normal situation during and following the COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent the spread of the disease when mobilization of children accelerates alongside the reopening of schools and other educational institutions.The exact timing would depend on many considerations and the status of COVID-19 in the country at various times.

1.Background:

More than three quarters of the schools of the world remain closed at this moment. Since this has gone on for a considerable...