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The landscape regarding the opening of schools remains unexplored.
The fear of premature opening
On Monday, January 4, the committee of specialists in infectious diseases is expected to meet again on the subject, as there is disagreement about when and under what conditions we can return to permanent teaching in the classrooms.
The objective of the government and its Ministry of Education for the opening of school units immediately after the holidays, on January 8 or 11, remains.
However, any decision for a safe opening of schools they presuppose the knowledge of an outbreak of mobility cases since the Christmas holiday period and this makes scientists skeptical about the moment when they are called upon to decide and make suggestions to the Ministry of Education.
The potential opening for some may be premature and lead to setbacks, so careful steps are required to restart the school units.
The scenario that precedes elementary schools
In this context, it seems that the predominant scenario is the decisions that concern the gradual opening of school levels. Based on this scenario, the date for January 8 or 11 appears to be more about primary schools and kindergartens, while for the other levels (high schools and high schools), it is possible that the opening hours will be postponed a bit longer. late.
Although the government would like to open all educational levels for social reasons.
Decisions are safe after the holidays.
The opening of schools “must be done carefully based on the evaluations of the experts, I would say that after January 10 the decisions must be made because we always know that there is an interval of 10 to 15 days after the holidays”. “If then we are at a safe level, in my opinion, kindergartens and primary schools should be opened, from there we should start and the liberalization of the economy should start slowly,” he said. Elijah Mosialos.
The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association is extremely cautious about any “early opening” of schools. Athanasios Exadaktylos.
Parental mobility
Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Aristotle University Demosthenes Sarigiannis He argues that schools should open later and not at the beginning of January as he has stated based on the computational mathematical models that he applies to his research on the mobility of parents and teachers that contacts will increase by 10%.
In this context, many different suggestions are made, although it is widely recognized that students should immediately return to their natural environment, that is, to schools. 
From what has been publicly said by scientists to date, the main problem in terms of the operation of schools is not so much the transmission of the coronavirus within the school environment as mainly the increase in the mobility of the population (parents, teachers, etc.) . ) which also increases the transmissibility of the virus.
“The most important thing is to see how we can reduce transmission also in schools.” The courses could be done in rotation, while I constantly suggest combining the opening of schools with an increase in teleworking for parents, in order to reduce mobility of adults, “said Mr. Sarigiannis speaking with MEGA.
The test plan
One of the measures under consideration is perform specific tests to students and teachers and in fact according to the information this proposal was presented in the last infectious diseases teleconference of the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos.
According to the information, a special platform will be created that will be interested in those who wish to take a test.
Special teams will be set up throughout Greece to carry out these tests, before the schools open.
According to the professor of infectious diseases Nikos Sypsas He described as “safe” the test plan presented by the Minister of Education during the commission’s teleconference last Tuesday, December 29.
In the “quiver” of the Ministry of Education, however, there are other proposals, such as attending and finishing classes with a short period of time to avoid overcrowding.
The teachers’ vaccination proposal
THE Athena linou suggested that teachers get vaccinated before schools open, giving priority to those belonging to vulnerable groups (underlying diseases, the elderly, etc.).
However, Ms. Linou, because the vaccines in the current school year cannot meet the needs, is in favor of many tests to verify the epidemiological burden in areas and large school complexes, before the decision is made to open them.
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