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In Calabria all school activities at all levels and levels, with recourse to distance education, are suspended from November 16 to 28. These are the provisions of the new ordinance (n.87) signed today by the acting president of the regional council, Nino Spirlì. “It was not an easy decision, but the moment is dramatic and the Calabrian families must be protected,” explains the highest representative of the regional executive.
THE MOTIVATIONS
The new ordinance follows n. 85 and n. 86, with which the president has ordered, respectively, the increase of 244 beds and the hiring of 300 doctors and nurses to combat the emergency of covid-19. The provision signed today by Spirlì – in consideration of the last Dpcm and the ordinance of the Minister of Health that establishes the “Red zone” in Calabria – acknowledges that «the latest epidemiological analyzes prepared by the staff of the Operational Group of the Regional Crisis Unit show an increase in the values of the warning indicators.
In particular, “The increasing value of the variable” new confirmed cases in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants “, while still the lowest of all regions, is 15 times higher, with an increasing trend, compared to the value recorded in the September period – when it remained stable – and can reasonably be considered closely correlated with the resumption of school activities at all levels in individual regional territories.
At the technical meeting on November 13 with the directors of the Prevention departments of the provincial health authorities, «The problem related to the numerous infections of students and school operators was represented by these – it is explained in the ordinance –, which runs the risk of causing a continuous increase in the spread of the epidemic, given that schools, especially those for childhood and primary school, represent a place of aggregation in which respect for interpersonal distancing is complicated and the possibility of transmission of contagion of home origin is amplified “.
Furthermore, in many territorial areas, “the mayors -especially of the provincial capitals- have ordered, with their own provisions, the suspension of educational activities in the presence of all orders and degrees; Even international scientific studies “show how stopping school activities can reduce the virus’s ability to reproduce by 15-24% in the medium term».
THE ORDER
Ordinance 87, in light of the new scenario, provides for the entire regional territory – from November 16 to 28 – “the suspension in the presence of all school activities at all levels, with recourse to distance education, the authorities schoolchildren are in charge of remodeling them. ”It remains allowed, on the basis of individual organizations, for students with disabilities, “Integrated digital teaching in schools, in the presence of their respective support teachers.” Furthermore, school authorities “have measures to ensure that other types of access to the complexes are limited.
The provision reiterates “that the movements of people must be limited exclusively to the provisions of the Dpcm of November 3, 2020, in particular to the limitations established in art. 3 and, although not expressly contained therein, the additional measures indicated in the other articles and annexes of the decree must be applied ”. The act also provides “That a first step of analysis of the trend of infections, in order to evaluate the possible remodeling of the measures provided for in this ordinance, is carried out coinciding with the term of validity of the order of the Minister of Health of November 4, 2020 and, based on the results of the monitoring, at the end of the following 7 days ”.
The same ordinance provides for free detection, using a rapid antigenic swab, to parents of pupils attending primary school and kindergarten, to be carried out by the provincial health authorities, in accordance with the indications and priorities provided by the regional crisis unit to the Prevention departments and with the participation of the regional school office.
SPIRLÌ: “PATIENCE AND COLLABORATION”
«It was not an easy decision, because stopping face-to-face teaching – says Spirlì – means depriving children, adolescents and young people of a right guaranteed by the Constitution and all relevant laws. However, considering schools as places that, among so many dangers, still guarantee a certain degree of safety, we cannot fail to take into account the increasingly intrusive nature of Covid-19 ».
“Schools, like all other public buildings – explains the president -, are “inhabited” by human beings, who, very often and despite themselves, are silent carriers of this dangerous virus. Families, at this dramatic moment, must be protected, especially in the health sector. That is why I ask everyone for their cooperation and patience: only then can we all get out of this tunnel together.
