De Merode closed by Covid, there is a positive in the VIP high school in Rome

Closed by Covid the prestigious San Giuseppe De Merode Institute on the Spanish Steps in Rome. The decision was made after a Scientific High School student tested positive. Approximately 400 students from the classical and scientific high schools will stay home and continue the lessons with distance learning. The school director explained to the parents with a circular that as of tomorrow the secondary courses will be suspended in presence and will continue online, while the primary and middle classes will continue their normal didactic activity in presence.

Asl Roma 1, explains the circular, has communicated to us the case of positivity of a student of scientific high school, who was in class the first two days of classes (September 15 and 16). There do not appear to be any worrisome symptoms, however, the health authorities have very strict legislation. Therefore, classmates and their teachers must observe a 14-day quarantine from September 16, at the end of which they must undergo the buffer and the Higher Courses from tomorrow, Saturday, September 19, will activate distance learning until October 1st. . Instead, the other two courses will continue their usual teaching activities in attendance: elementary school and middle school, as indicated in the circular.