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Schools: In about two weeks, experts are expected to give their final “verdict,” according to Charalambos Gogos.
As he said on SKAI radio debate on schools postponed to December 14, because there is no improvement and consolidation of epidemiological data to close the issue.
«The opening has not been ruled out, there is difficulty, but within a week the issue will be discussed by the Commission based on quality data“Added Mr. Gogos.
On Tuesday, the member of the expert committee of the Ministry of Health had stated that “most likely based on what we know now and based on the data we have, secondary schools and high schools will open after the holidays».
THE Kyriakos MitsotakiHe had said that when the restrictive measures were lifted, schools would be the first to reopen to receive students, but the “green light”, due to the epidemiological burden that remains high, has become a crossword puzzle for the strong. solvers.
According to the Government Spokesperson, Stelio petsa, the government is waiting for the experts’ suggestions and noted that especially in primary and secondary schools the viral load is small.
At the same time OLME President Theodoros Tsouchlos, He suggested that schools open after the holidays with the possibility of testing students and teachers, while highlighting that several teachers have already contracted coronavirus.
«Unfortunately, the educational community in recent days mourns our colleagues, notable colleagues who lost the battle with coronavirus. Like a lot of teachers who are sick and some of them are in a difficult situationHe characteristically said.
On the subject of schools, before or after the holidays, there seems to be a division in the ranks of scientists. The infectious disease specialist and member of the national committee Marios Lazanas, “I am very divided, that is, I think there is a problem with the schools,” he said. “I have many families here in Athens who have been infected with the virus and the problem has come from the schools,” he emphasizes.
On the other hand, the professor of pediatrics and member of the expert committee, Vana Papaevangelou he was in favor of opening elementary schools before the holidays. “We are processing the data of the Ministry of Education to see exactly what cases occurred during the weeks that the schools were open. “The epidemiologist Ms Sypsa is processing all this data and we will discuss it in committee to see the actual numbers and not people’s sentiment,” she characteristically stated.
In any case, during the Prime Minister’s speech for the extension of the confinement, on Friday (12/4), there may be a report for the opening of schools, having clearly received from the infectious diseases committees the new data on the loads epidemiological.
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