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After the Easter holidays, students from the Eastern Region continue with distance education.
© APA / dpa / Felix Kästle
For the 456,000 schoolchildren in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, it is the fourth time in a year that distance education has taken place after Easter.
After the Easter holidays, four days of distance education are scheduled again from Tuesday to Friday. Then large-scale PCR tests are planned; however, they will not be an entry requirement to return to class.
Distance learning could be expanded
The first three phases of distance learning took place last spring, then fall, and finally between Christmas and the semester break. Number four should only last four days, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) said at a press conference on Wednesday night.
“We don’t have a plan to keep doing it.” The current situation is a “tragedy” for children and young people. Restriction: “If we see next week in the evaluation that it will not work, then there are no taboos.” But that applies to all areas.
PCR tests when returning to face-to-face classes
When they return to face-to-face operations, students and teachers must take the PCR tests. However, these should not be a prerequisite for participation in the lessons, a test of the 456,000 students and school staff on the first day of classes would not be organizationally possible, according to the argument. Rather, the test should serve as an additional evaluation: the previous nose burr tests are important and good and will be preserved, so Anschober. In between, however, it is important to also look at the infection status with the “gold standard” of the PCR test.
High number of infections in schools and kindergartens in Vienna
The measures in the school area were justified by the mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) with the meanwhile high number of infections in this sector as well. In Vienna, according to the office of Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), 12.9 percent of infections currently occur in schools (10.4) or kindergartens (2.5 percent). However, it is still much lower than in the private sector (more than 50 percent) or in companies (29).
Since transmissions in educational institutions mainly date back to adults according to studies, teachers here rely on weekly PCR tests and vaccinations. The last first points should be placed here at the end of the week.
Infections in the education sector are also on the rise in Lower Austria
In Lower Austria, according to the office of the Health Councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ), there has been an increase in infections in educational institutions, around six percent of infections in the last seven days can be traced back to gardens of childhood and schools. said the APA. Limitation: It is difficult to determine whether the infection actually occurred in the educational institution or at home. No data was available from Burgenland on Wednesday.
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