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Common guide
This should allow for a new coordinated strategy between the school and the health authorities, the two ministers explained at a press conference in Vienna. It is a “revised general concept” that is supported by both departments, Anschober said.
“School is a comparatively safe place,” Faßmann emphasized with a view to the spread of the coronavirus. There are currently only seven closed schools in the whole of Austria. Among the 5,000 Covid 19 tests in schools to date, the proportion of positive results is only three percent. In connection with the start of the school, he could not accept a “general accusation of chaos,” Fassmann said. However, there will now also be a joint guide to uniform regulations for the departments of health and education.
When testing, focus on speed
The “rapid tests” remain the key to fighting pandemics for the Minister of Education. In the future, schools could fulfill their obligation to report more quickly, either through the 1450 number or other channels in the federal states. According to Fassmann, “more efforts will be made to carry out the test in 24 hours.” Information on positive test results would reach the sites within 48 hours if possible. It is also intended to reduce hasty quarantine measures. If this is necessary, the “placement principle” now applies, which states that the same rules apply to all students in an institution, according to ministers.
Crown testing is not required for children under the age of 10
Corona tests are not required for children under the age of ten in whose class there is a positive case. Even after close contact with the person who tested positive, these students are listed as “Category II contact persons” and are not automatically quarantined. “It should differentiate here based on age,” Anschober said.
Rapid antigen tests in schools
In addition, the Ministry of Education will also make rapid antigen tests available to schools. “We have secured a large contingent,” Fassmann said. After the autumn holidays, a related pilot project will be launched in the Mödling district and parts of Tyrol. After that, this possibility should exist in all districts. If the suspicion test carried out by the school doctor or a mobile medical team is positive, the health authority is informed, the minor in question is sent home and the rest of the students continue to attend classes.
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(Source: SALZBURG24)
