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According to a media report, the situation of the crown in German schools is reaching a critical point: if at the end of September 50,000 students were still in quarantine, now there are more than 300,000. The teachers’ association laments a growing “salami lockdown.”
In Germany, the number of schoolchildren who are in corona quarantine has increased considerably. As the newspaper “Bild” reports, citing the Association of German Teachers, this number is currently more than 300,000. At the end of September, around 50,000 students were still in quarantine. Furthermore, around 30,000 teachers are currently affected by the quarantine measures.
As a result, more and more schools would have to close, the president of the teachers’ association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, told “Bild”: “We are now experiencing a closure of salami in schools.” By that he meant the gradual closing of more and more schools. The politicians have withdrawn, now the health authorities have decided.
“Schools must remain open at every bend or break”
In the “Passauer Neue Presse”, Meidinger complained of failures in Corona’s protection in schools, the current measures did not reach him far enough: “In almost all federal states hygiene level plans were canceled, which again Classes at Corona hotspots were cut in half. Schools must remain open at all times. “
He hoped general school closings could be avoided, Meidinger said. “For this, however, preventive precautionary measures in schools must be intensified when the number of infections grows exponentially,” he demands. In addition to the mask requirement, this also includes the temporary reintroduction of the distance rule, which would mean dividing classes in half and alternating operations.
Karliczek for the general mask requirement in schools
Meanwhile, the growing number of corona cases in schools is sparking discussions in politics. The CDU member of the Bundestag and the regional head of the Hamburg CDU, Christoph Ploß, called on state governments to take more security measures. He told “Bild”: “There should be no constant confinement of salami, which creates great uncertainty for families.” Therefore, all classrooms should be equipped with ventilation systems and plexiglass partitions as soon as possible.
Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek on Tuesday had advocated a general mask requirement in classes at all schools. They consider that this measure is “reasonable” in the current phase of high number of infections, even in primary schools, said Karliczek of the “Rheinische Post” of Düsseldorf.
Previous Christmas holidays at NRW?
The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia brought WDR-TV extended the winter holidays in the most populous federal state at stake. It’s a “conceivable possibility” to start winter break two days early, on December 21 instead of December 23. The two days of vacation could be discounted again at Carnival. The state government will discuss this with the associations, Laschet said. The background of the considerations is that people should limit their contacts as much as possible before Christmas so that there are no infections in family celebrations at Christmas. “But that doesn’t provide any security either,” Laschet emphasized.
