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“Based on the follow-up carried out by the regional working group in the period between September 24, or from the start of school activities, until November 12, we recorded significant percentage increases in positive cases: age of primary school, 173.17% for lower secondary and 237.14% for upper secondary “.
This was stated by the president of the Basilicata Region, Vito Bardi, when explaining the reasons that led him to have his father also available for primary and secondary schools from tomorrow, November 17 to December 3. According to the governor of Basilicata, these are “figures that are in line with the increase in infections among adults and that contribute to delivering a Rt index of 1.63 to Basilicata in the week of November 2 to 8”. with the consequence that the classification of the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health places our territory in a scenario compatible with 3 and tending towards 4, that is to say, it concluded, that of very high risk ”.
“Unfortunately, the pandemic that does not alleviate -explained yesterday the president of Basilicata on the occasion of the issuance of the ordinance- its drag throughout Italy, forces us to transform all the trends about which we read possible aggravations into restrictive measures, exclusively necessary to protect the health of our community. However, we have decided to close these schools for only two weeks, until December 3. We will carry out a daily monitoring of the data and, if the situation improves, we can also stop the measure in advance “.
In fact, the ordinance establishes that “In order to combat and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, throughout the region, without prejudice to the state and regional measures already in force, effective from November 17, 2020 and until December 2020 Primary and secondary schools adopt flexible ways in organizing teaching and educational activities so that one hundred percent of activities are carried out through the use of integrated digital learning. “
On the issue of school closings, Anci Basilicata intervened, who declared “against the suspension of face-to-face classes for primary and secondary schools”, accusing the Region of the lack of a mapping of school personnel and the administration of swabs Quick to keep the situation under control.
“We cannot – it is written in the press release – allow ourselves the luxury of interrupting the didactic and educational activities of our children and adolescents. The Ministry of Education has reported that with the first confinement, the students of the first grades of primary school have suffered considerable damage, which is why there are serious problems in learning to read and write. We must avoid a prolonged new school closure ”.
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