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The epidemiologically safe environment is schools, since from the data available to the Ministry of Education so far, there is no tendency to transmit the new coronavirus among students and there are no signs of its spread in the student and educational community.
This was underlined during today’s information session on the coronavirus, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardals, adding that the cases are isolated and come mainly from outside the school.
“Schools seem to be a epidemiologically safe environment“where protection and prevention measures are followed to the letter and are effective,” said Mr. Hardalias.
Tomorrow Wednesday marks a month since the opening of the schools and the “first bell” of the year, accompanied by the introduction of more than 16 prevention measures by the Ministry of Education, on the development of educational structures in the territory.
Number schools and school departments across the country, that have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic is moving to low levels.
According to the data so far from the Ministry of Education, the picture is as follows:
Twenty-nine schools, out of more than 14,000 in the territory (0.20% of the total) and 207 school districts, out of more than 80,000 in the territory (0.25%) have suspended their operation, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.
On the other hand, the Minister of Education and Religions, Niki Kerameos, had underlined, speaking yesterday in Parliament, that the care of the ministry is twofold: guarantee the health of the members of the educational community, but also the most fluid access to education.
The experts unanimously suggested the reopening of the schools in full composition, but with greater protection and prevention measures. According to the data so far, schools do not have outbreaks of the virus. And all this while increasing the cases in society. This is the situation in our schools today. Things can change. “We are closely following the evolution of the pandemic, inside and outside the schools, and we will not hesitate to update any measure, more severe or more lenient, if conditions require it, always under the guidance of experts,” he said. Minister.
