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The had announced and after a few hours he was left with words. Orlando closes the compulsory schools in Palermo and subtly points to the Region. “Having recognized the lack of sending news about the state of the city’s hospitals and the general health of the health system at the regional level – said the mayor – with a possible very serious impact on the security conditions of citizens, and recognized the considerable increase in infections throughout the Region as well as in the city and the metropolitan area of Palermo, I reluctantly decided to arrange the closure of all compulsory schools in the city as of next Monday.
Orlando added: “I announce it today so that families, school principals and teachers prepare on time and do not face a last minute measure. It is a decision made with pain because I am aware that teaching distance, although it can be done with professionalism and passion, cannot guarantee that human relationship between teachers and students and that relationship of sociability between young people who are an integral part of the learning process . But precisely because we are facing a health emergency, I must take responsibility for this provision, which aims to reduce travel around the city and therefore limit the risk that infections continue to increase, bringing more burden to the health system and to the doctors who are already exhausted. That is precisely why I decided not to close the municipal childhood schools, which are based on the territorial system and because the incidence of infections in these structures is 0.15% of the student body, less than half that in primary school and approximately one fifth part of the mean. “
Orlando then concludes: “I would like to emphasize that this is a temporary measure because as of Monday there will be a punctual and precise monitoring of the progress of infections and, hopefully, of the situation of hospital structures, whose data will be evaluated due to the closure. You can limit to the minimum, I am sorry, I emphasize once again, having had to make this decision, but I no longer believe that it is possible to postpone the responsibilities that weigh on our children and grandchildren.
