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The content of the coronavirus pandemic dominated the videoconference of federal state education officials on Friday. An agreement was reached for schools to remain open as long as possible, even if the traffic light in Corona is red, Martin Netzer, secretary general of the Ministry of Education, summed up at a press conference in Salzburg.
The uniform guidelines for dealing with corona cases in schools, which were presented yesterday by the Minister of Education, Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP) and the Minister of Health, Rudolf Anschober (Greens) and which also include faster tests, were also received positively by the federal states. “A broad alliance could be achieved,” Netzer said. The Minister of Education himself did not participate in the education officials conference for health reasons.
The federal government will acquire 150,000 antigen tests through the Federal Acquisitions Company in a first tranche at the end of November, the Secretary General explained. The net cost per test is between five and eight euros ”. The result will be available in 15 minutes. Testing of school children with symptoms such as cough or fever is done on a voluntary basis and the federal government bears the cost. A declaration of parental consent must be available until the age of 14, and from age 14 the student can sign the declaration himself.
