Covid, suspicious case at school: how the swab will be made

09/16/2020 Italy



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Among the most anticipated developments in the guidelines published by the Lombardy Region on handling Covid cases at school, there is certainly one that specifies that in case of illness – obviously not related to coronavirus – a medical certificate is not required for readmission to school.

The evaluation will be in charge of the pediatrician or family doctor, who based on the patient’s medical history will decide whether to report the case to Ats so that the swab can be carried out later, or if it excludes that it is Covid and gives the green light to return. to school after healing. Chapter of the traceable symptoms in Covid, because the list is long and well known, especially in the 0-6 age group: fever, respiratory symptoms, but also cough, cold, sore throat, as well as vomiting and diarrhea. In short, it will not be easy for pediatricians to rule out that it is a possible case of contagion, at least on paper, but knowing the social context and the child’s interactions will be crucial in deciding whether or not to perform the swab. Shock absorber that, as the return to class certificate is not mandatory, will not be automatic and mandatory in case of illness.

In this sense, relapses ran the risk of being heavy, especially for laboratories, if you think that only in Brescia there are more than 70 thousand children under 14 years of age and that the 120 pediatricians of the city and province have an average of 400 patients in the group from 0 to 6 years.

The directive of the Lombardy Region establishes important novelties also in and tampons.

If a child exhibits suspicious symptoms at school or daycare, parents can accompany him without reservation, but they are self-certified, in one of the points indicated by the Region to perform the tests. The time slot runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the result, at least as announced, should arrive at night and buy from the electronic medical record.

Different if the suspicious symptoms occur at home: in that case the father, before going to a swab site, should contact the pediatrician or family doctor for an evaluation.

The other innovations refer quarantine for contacts made in the last 48 hours with a student who tested positive: isolation will activate only in the swab result and for him readmission all quarantined subjects must be subjected to at least one molecular test.