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The closure of the schools was suggested by the Infectious Diseases Committee and today at 12:00 hours the Minister of Education, Nikis Kerameos will make the relevant announcements, since yesterday the committee meeting was not completed and the government was waiting for his suggestion to make the decisions. from.
According to the information, announcements for Primary Schools, Kindergartens and Kindergartens will be made at the Ministry of Health, with the participation of Vassilis Kikilias, as well as the Minister of the Interior, Takis Theodorikakou.
It is noted that the relevant announcements were not made yesterday at the briefing on the course of the pandemic, as the government was awaiting the Commission’s proposal before making its decisions.
However, the Infectious Diseases Committee was inclined to close primary schools, the professor of microbiology at the EKPA School of Medicine and member of the expert committee of the Ministry of Health, Athanasios Tsakris, later highlighted in the main newsletter of ERT.
As he explained, although young students do not contribute much to the spread of the epidemic, for this proposal the mobility observed around the operation of schools and the concerns, among others, parents and older adults played a role, so the measure they propose can help. reduced mobility
“Let’s not forget that this time mobility in this confinement in our country is much higher than that observed in the first one for various reasons of the functioning of the economy,” he said.
The decision of the experts converged on the closure of schools throughout the country because although northern Greece is in “red”, it is very likely that in the coming days the map will change and at the same time it will be a message to society in general. on how difficult the situation is, Mr Tsakris stressed.
Source: skai.gr, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
