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The government is working to return to classes on January 7. There remains, according to the Corriere della Sera, an unknown state of health regarding the reopening of schools.
Thursday December 31 the Higher Institute of Health has published the first in-depth report on the infection situation in the 3-19 age group to provide a scientific basis for the reopening of schools.
The conclusions, in the 40-page document, are not final.
In the current state of knowledge, schools seem relatively safe environments also due to lack of data: “The impact of the closing and reopening of schools on the dynamics of the epidemic is not yet clear.”
For scientists, the decision to reopen on January 7 remains political, because “Schools do not seem to cause a significant increase in infections within them but, depending on the external context and the epidemiological situation, they can help slow or accelerate the spread of the virus.”
Data on infections attributable to the school area
Between August 24 and December 27, there were 2 1,783,418 cases nationwide, of which 203,350 (11%) were of school age (3-18 years).
The percentage of cases in children and adolescents increased from September 21 to October 26 (with a peak of 16% in the week of October 12 to 18) and then go back to previous levels. The percentages of school-age cases in relation to the number of non-school-age cases range from 8.6% in Valle d’Aosta to 15.0% in Bolzano.
The majority (40%) occurred in adolescents aged 14 to 18, followed by elementary school children aged 6 to 10 (27%), middle school children aged 11 to 13 (23%) and children aged 3- 5 years of preschool (10%).
The peak of daily incidence in the period analyzed It was approximately 43 / 100,000 inhabitants in the age group of 3 to 18 years, clearly lower than that found in the other age groups (> 18 years: 60 / 100,000 inhabitants). In school age, there is an increase in incidence with increasing age, the highest values are observed for children aged 14-18 years (57 / 100,000) and 11-13 years (53 / 100,000), followed by children 6 to 10 years (37 / 100,000) and 3-5 years (24 / 100,000)
The highest incidence peaks were found in Valle d’Aosta (around 200 / 100,000) in the 14-18 age group and in Lombardy, Liguria, Bolzano (around 100 / 100,000) in the 14 age group -18 and 11-13.
Schools will reopen on January 7th, this is where we will return with different entry times. Lunch and time for homework?
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