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On September 14, the day of the reopening of schools, the cases of positivity to Covid-19 were 1,008. Yesterday, October 8, 4,458. It may be the effect of the reopening of schools.
am 223 schools closed and at least 1,493 those in which there has been at least one case of coronavirus since the beginning of this school year in Italy. The figures that arise from a database created by a young researcher and a university student -Vittorio Nicoletta and Lorenzo Ruffino- that have collected, since the reopening of the institutes, news and orders from the mayors.
Database: bit.ly/covid_scuole
Interactive map: datawrapper.de/_/DLy9C/
According to experts from the Scientific Technical Committee, reports La Repubblica, the effect of the beginning of the school year could begin to be felt. The epidemic, however, seems to move within families and, as Massimo Andreoni, scientific director of the Italian Society for Infectious Diseases, recalls, the single case generates four to five of the relatives.
To better control the situation in schools, in the Government, starting with the Minister of Education, Lucía Azzolina, they are asked to do saliva tests at school.
The Ministry of Health believes that they are especially useful for younger children, because they are less invasive than fast tampons, but will take at least 20 days to be available to everyone.
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