In Italy, schools reopened as of September 14: two weeks later, the stage is under control. Unlike in other countries, the start of the school year does not appear to be contributing to an increase in enrollment at this time.
Italy has lately had 51,263 positive cases and 280 other people treated in intensive care. The overall figures in the country since the start of the pandemic are 314,861 cases and 35,894 deaths, much less in other European states such as Spain and France, where the figures are emerging abruptly with 758,000 and 551,000 instances respectively.
The reopening of schools in Italy was viewed with fear by most, also because schools had not reopened at all since the closure began in early March. intelligently, let alone in a position to deal with a crisis of this magnitude.
During the summer, several fitness protocols were developed and structural interventions were carried out to allow academics to have more space among themselves and reduce the threat of contagion, including for teachers, who in Italy are statistically the oldest in Europe and, therefore, more in Protocols provided for the option of organizing categories outdoors and in unconventional places such as theatres and cinemas , while distance education was maintained in the best schools when there was not enough room for academics to stay at a distance. equipped with disinfectant fabrics and masks for teachers and other staff, while the prescription of shorter categories and the use of outdoor masks in the classroom also aim to actively involve the flow of the virus.
While many have criticized the timing of the government’s orders to schools to reorganise (the far-right Lega has also attempted a vote of no confidence for education minister Lucia Azzolina, who belongs to the Five Star Movement), school activities are currently being resumed. no problems in general.
On the other hand, some disorders stand out with respect to suspected cases of Covid-19, health protocols stipulate that each and every time a student begins to show symptoms related to coronavirus, a PCR test should be performed. The user is discovered in positive, all elegance is remote at home and each and every instructor who has been in contact with them in the last 48 hours is also quarantined.
Currently, a growing number of academics are isolated. Protocols also offer the option that entire schools would possibly be closed if the number of cases becomes too high. Currently, around 700 schools (out of 57,000) in the country have recorded at least one case of coronavirus, and 116 of them are recently closed.
A main challenge in this context is the time of control: in some cases, it takes several days to carry out a check and the result would possibly recommend the way forward, so the Ministry of Health agreed to take immediate measures of coronavirus controls – those already used at Italian airports – also in schools. The government has ordered the production of five million such controls. The goal is that by selling faster diagnoses, the flow of the virus within the school network may be additional content.
“This is still the first wave of the virus,” said Health Minister Walter Ricciardi’s adviser. “And if quick tests can’t be 100 percent safe, they’ll allow us to identify the superpropagators, and that’s important. “
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