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Two appear to be the most prevalent scenarios for opening schools, based on expert suggestions.
The issue of reopening schools has become a real “debate” among scientists, some of them consider it possible to open after the holidays, but others ask for an extension of the suspension.
Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Demosthenes Sarigiannis, referring to the schools in the show “Hora Sociedad MEGA”, reiterated that the date of the return to the desks should be extended, preferring January 20.
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“All the calculations that we are doing on how to open, how to tame the pandemic by the end of March, shows that opening a school on January 8 would lead to a increase in cases until its end March against fifty%, compared to an opening on January 20. Specifically, we estimate that by opening the January 20 we will reach 600 cases at the end of March, while with the scenario reopening in January the 8th we will reach 900 cases“He noted characteristically.
The January 8 scenario for schools
The professor stressed that “I think it is worth it. It gives us time to decompress the Health System and the opportunity to use the vaccination scenario more efficiently.” To conclude, Sarigiannis said that the problem is not the children, but the parental alarm about schools and their movements, while noting that 70% of citizens either do not wear a mask or do not use it properly.
At the same time, speaking with ANT1, president of the Hellenic Infection Society and member of the Expert Committee on coronavirus, Gargalian Panagiotis, asked people to be a little more patient. Regarding the schools, Mr. Gargalianos expressed the assessment that “if we follow the measures, the schools will open on January 8.” Regarding the new strain of the coronavirus and how it will affect schools, the teacher explained that so far there is no data that shows that children are more easily infected, only speculation.
For his part, the teacher Charalambos Gogos He stressed that there is a great need for schools to open and in this context “we are going to look at the data to see if it can be done on January 7 and 8”.
When will the crucial decision for schools be made?
The Deputy Minister of Education also spoke with MEGA on the issue of reopening schools Sofia Zacharaki.
Ms. Zacharaki said that no decision has been made so far, adding that “we have days ahead, a critical fortnight, for which the experts have explained how our actions, how we will move on holidays, our choices, they will determine what will happen. ” According to the Vice Minister of Education, “the scientific committee is studying the data every day. Is Red line for us the safety of children, parents and teachers. Our guide is returning on January 8 “.
According to Sofia Zacharaki, the decision on the schools will be made a few days before their scheduled start, that is, shortly before Epiphany.
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