The fact that children are less prone to severe Covid-19 is in some ways counterintuitive, given how much they are affected by other respiratory illnesses.
Around 30 million students in Mexico are not physically going to school because of the pandemic, which prompted the government to start distance learning via television or the internet.
A secondary school teacher says limited infrastructure and workforce prevents social distancing in schools, such as insufficient apparatus sets in science labs that force students to work in groups.