No SARS-CoV-2 carriage observed in children attending daycare centers during the first weeks of the epidemic in Belgium.

To gain knowledge about the role of young children attending daycare in transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2, a random sample of children (n=84) aged between 6 and 30 months attending daycare in Belgium was studied shortly after the start of the epidemic (February 29th) and before the lockdown (March 18th). No asymptomatic carriage of SARS-CoV-2 was detected, whereas common cold symptoms were common (51.2%).