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The health authorities will request an extension of the epidemic situation for at least another two months. The news comes amid a growing number of quarantined classes.
The head of state health inspection of the Council of Ministers will propose that the emergency measures be valid until the end of November, the Ministry of Health confirmed to bTV.
Three days after the start of the school year, classes are now under quarantine in at least eight cities across the country. However, the Ministry of Education insists that schools will not be closed at this stage.
As of today, there are several new cases of positives for students of COVID-19, in Shumen, Haskovo, Plovdiv and Burgas.
The first student in the city with a positive result was found last night at the Vocational School for Computer Programming and Innovation in Burgas.
The child’s father has a coronavirus, so the whole family has been tested. They are believed to have been in contact with Navy personnel from the Atia base, where there is a large outbreak of the virus.
29 students are in the quarantined class.
“We must give children and their parents free coupons with which they will test their children, children who return a negative sample for COVID-19 will return to the learning environment and will continue to attend in person,” said the director of the Dimitrina school. Todorova.
The student with coronavirus did not present symptoms, he was tested at the request of the parents.
The girl spent two days at school, but did not have many contacts because she is in her first year at school. The teacher who has spent the most time with this class is also at home waiting for his essay.
All children in the quarantined class must be tested on September 22 and, if they have negative samples, they will continue to attend school.
Two other students have coronavirus, but they were identified before the school year began and were not reunited with their classmates. The cases are related to the outbreak at the Burgas naval base, where 189 soldiers were examined.
“Of these, 15 people have a positive sample, separately another 12 people who were in contact, who are from the families of these soldiers, have a positive test for COVID,” said Elitsa Karagiozova, spokesperson for RHI-Burgas.
With coronavirus he is also a kindergarten teacher in Burgas.
And in the 55th school of the capital Parents warn that the children’s reunion on September 15 took place despite the expected results of the PCR tests.
“This is a really bad coincidence, but I think it is absolutely irresponsible to call us on the first day of school in this situation,” Denitsa Yalamova said.
Denitsa and her family are currently in quarantine because her son is in contact with one of the infected teachers, but yesterday she missed the organized tests because, according to her, there will be no results on the second day after contact.
The school principal said the children could be tested next week, and on the first day of school, the results of the first contact with the teachers were clear.
“On September 15, the results of colleagues who had no contact with an infected colleague were expected. We decided at the school level to achieve these results,” said Principal Tanya Ivancheva.
COVID Cases Among Both Teachers and Children Are Normal, But Possible lead to the spread of the virus in the home environmentsay doctors.
“They play together, they scream together and they exchange little saliva and thus they exchange the infection. But in general, this is not a risk to either health or the social system, “Dr. Simidchiev said.
According to him, schools should remain open.
“Currently, the infection in Bulgaria is relatively calm, but I suspect that the number of positives will increase,” added the doctor.
Schools will not be closed due to a sick child, the ministry said.
Vice Minister of Education asked parents to take responsibility: in case of symptoms or any illness, the student stays at home.
“Depending on the possibilities, the school can give you the opportunity to observe the lessons or send you materials, that is, we are talking about two types of e-learning – in real time, and on the other hand – to send materials or record the lesson” Tanya said. Михайлова.
Whether the class will be quarantined with an infected teacher depends on the duration of the contact.
“More than 15 minutes and 2 days before the establishment, this is written very clearly in the health protocol,” added Tanya Mihailova.
The deputy minister added that schools will not be closed, it takes place during the current school year, but if necessary, individual classes will be quarantined.
Information about infected teachers and students arrived throughout the day. and from other cities.
The coronavirus has already been registered in a Plovdiv school, with a sample from a third grader. A student and three teachers are infected in Stara Zagora, there is a coronavirus in the schools of Ruse, Lovech, Haskovo and Shumen.
Today, the Sofia Health Inspectorate clarified that school principals will be fined up to 2,000 BGN for a child without a mask and this is a sanction for everyone, written in the Health Law. Control in children’s kitchens is also reinforced.
