Two days after the first bell: COVID-19 cases in various schools in the country (ABSTRACT)



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Just two days after the start of the school year, COVID-19 cases were confirmed in several schools across the country.

There are infected people in Sofia, Stara Zagora, Ruse and Lovech.

In the 55th school in the capital “Petko Karavelov”, 8 teachers are infected. Health authorities described the situation at the school as calm and added that the contact between teachers and students was brief.

Today, at the request of the parents, the children of the classes in which the teachers teach with the confirmed samples could be tested. The tests weren’t required and interest was low. A list of more than 70 samples has been submitted. So far, the results of 8 children have been returned, which are negative.

Children will not be quarantined. However, if someone has symptoms, they should contact their GP.

The other teachers are calm, the school is large and the contacts are few, they say.

The students are divided into two streams: “There are six open entrances in our school, we work in 4 schedules so that there is no interaction between classes. There are disinfectants, warm water and disposable hand towels, “explained the school principal, Tanya Ivancheva.

Meanwhile, details about the confirmed infected student from a language school in Stara Zagora are becoming clearer. Turns out she had no symptoms, but she did the test because she had to travel abroad.

39 children who contacted him are in quarantine. Your training will continue remotely.

“We are talking about students in his class and a small number of students – exactly 12. They are from other classes in his class, with whom he had classes in a particular profile subject on the same day,” explained the director of Romain High School. Rolland – Theodora. Nikolova.

And more cases in Stara Zagora: three teachers of the sixth primary school have positive tests for COVID -19. Two of them had no contact with the students. The third was at an outdoor parent meeting before the start of the new school year and was wearing personal protective equipment. There are no students or teachers in quarantine.

Secondary teachers will not be evaluated: they wore personal protective equipment and kept their distance. The school was completely disinfected yesterday.

A little earlier today, RHI-Lovech confirmed an infected teacher at a city school. She had no contact with the students because she felt bad on September 14 and did not come to school after that.

He had previously contacted seven other teachers who will be quarantined and examined.

If their samples are positive, the classes they have entered will switch to online training.

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