Goga at MEGA: There is security for the return of children to schools



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In the main MEGA newsletter and Giannis Moutsos spoke the Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Patras and member of the EODY Committee for the coronavirus, Charalambos Gogos.

Gogos took a position on the disagreement of the scientists that Mr. Dermitzaki and Majorkini on the subject of the distances in the classrooms, emphasizing that there is security for the return of the students to the desks.

“Parents must send their children to schools in the manner determined by the state and its institutions.” Because this will be the result of a study and will not be accidental, “he said.

“Mr. Dermitzakis said what we always say. That we will have a better treatment of the problem and less transmission when the whole trinity of measures is observed (ss use of mask, distances, hand hygiene). Among the measures is the distance. The disagreement It was in a comment by Mr. Majorkin, who based on a model that he developed and that is compatible with reality, said that the difference between a class with 15 children and one with 25, with the same area, offers an increase in the possibility 4% of the disease develops, “he noted.

“The main advantage of schools is that the classrooms are cells. They are the same children, the population is stable. If there is a case, if a child gets sick, the follow-up is easier. Apart from the fact that children transmit less and they contract the most difficult virus. “All this gives a relative reassurance that some classes may have more than 15 children,” he added, noting that there is safety for children to return to school.

For the outbreak of coronavirus cases in the country, he stressed that an important element is the knowledge of its origin.

“We have a significant outbreak of the disease. The good thing is that we have learned where the increase in cases is coming from. It is due to the high mobility of young people during the summer. This will end because young people are slowly returning to urban centers. And We hope there will be self-control for 7-10 days, to break the big wave ”, he emphasized.

Finally, he said that if necessary, the decision will be made to wear the mask outdoors.



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