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BOLZANO. Outbreak in high school Gandhi di Merano and preventive closure of the institution For two weeks. The situation in South Tyrol continues to worsen regarding coronavirus positives in schools. Have already been various institutes affected by the virus they’ve seen close classes and quarantine students and teachers (think about Bolzano grasslands or to the technical institute Max valier) but today with the wave of positives (52 in the last 24 hours added to yesterday’s 37 cases) the situation got complicated: five new cases of positivity were registered in the Italian language institutes of Bolzano Carducci Classical Baccalaureate, Torricelli Scientific Baccalaureate, Ite Cesare Battisti, Longon Baccalaureate in Bolzano and Casa del Bosco Nursery School.
Another five, however, were registered with the Gandhi in Merano. Therefore, the preventive closure of the Merano school was ordered for two weeks. Another case was also recorded late in the morning at the German-language secondary school in Merano. In total, therefore, there are eleven cases in schools today. the schools have adopted all procedures and protocol safety and have followed the indications established by the health authority to guarantee protecting the health of pupils, students, and school personnel. In Bolzano the students of the corresponding classes are in preventive quarantine and awaiting communication from the ASL to perform the swab. the classrooms and affected areas will be disinfected in the shortest possible time. In some classes it has already been digital teaching enabled integrated as required by the institute’s digital plan.
Specifically to Gandhi in Merano after the appropriate comparisons and indications provided by the competent Prevention Department in the field of identification and contrast of risk factors that may be harmful to health, the director of the institution has ordered the suspension of classroom teaching activities for all classes for two weeks, from Monday, September 28 to Friday, October 9, 2020 inclusive. The decision was made in agreement with the Bolzano School Superintendency, in order to reduce a potential expansion of Covid-19 cases within the institution.
Therefore, as the director himself has pointed out, it is a purely precautionary measure, primarily aimed at protecting the health of its students and their familiesis. “We ask – explains the manager – all students, parents, teachers and school operators, to must present symptoms attributable to Covid-19 in the coming days, to immediately contact the pediatrician of free choice or the family doctor“The teaching will continue through remote activities, according to the indications provided in the digital integrated teaching plan approved by the institute. “Right now – underlines the competent councilor – we handle with a sense of responsibility and seriousness this situation of emergency in schools, which will continue, following, when necessary, alternative educational itineraries to those of the classroom “.
The superintendent Vincenzo Gullotta stresses: “In times like these, it is essential keep the class community alive and the sense of belonging to the school itself. That is why we encourage schools to activate a digital integrated teaching plan at the beginning of the school year, which was then approved by the respective teaching schools. It is essential not to interrupt the learning process of each student ”.
