Management of the Piedmont region of the Covid student school New provisions

The Piedmont Region has adapted, in the light of the new circular of October 12 from the Ministry of Health, the provisions regarding the management of Covid cases in the school setting and the procedures that a student who tested positive for the virus must follow , by his companions. , by families and teachers.

Until now, in the case of a positive student, the territorial health service carried out an investigation of the “close contacts” between classmates and school operators, providing for these contacts the fiduciary isolation and a molecular verification platform after 4 – 5 days.

Now, however, in accordance with the provisions of the ministerial provisions, in the case of a positive student, the class will be quarantined for 14 days, with health surveillance to control the evolution of health conditions. If no symptoms arise during quarantine, students will be able to resume daily life and normal school activities on the 14th, without the need for a tampon. If, on the other hand, the presence of symptoms occurs during quarantine, the physician / pediatrician should be contacted to assess the need for a verification swab.

Piedmont region, quarantine reduced to 10 days with rapid tests

However, to lighten the burden of quarantine on schools and families, the Piedmont Region has decided, as soon as rapid tests are available, to apply the possibility provided by the Ministry of a quarantine reduced to 10 days with a buffer check.

If the quick test fails, the student will be free immediately on the 10th day. If, on the contrary, it is positive, a confirmatory molecular test will be performed.

From September 20 to October 16, 650 students tested positive against 8,152 swabs performed. On the other hand, there are 226 school operators that have been positive to date at the regional level.

From the start of school, the positives at school age, compared to all infections found in that period in Piedmont, are around 20%: in the range of 0-2 years 2.3%, 0-5 years 2%, 6 -10 years 4.7%, 11-13 years 3.7% and 14-18 years 7.7%.

School: the guidelines for managing positive Covid cases at school

Let’s see, in summary, the new provisions and the different cases:

1) The student tested positive with a swab after a school report

• immediate isolation of the subject for 14 days;
• the cohabitants will be subjected to swabs within 4-7 days (times compatible with the incubation of the disease); If the partner’s swab gives a negative result, there are no symptoms and the logistical conditions of the house guarantee the isolation of the infected subject, the so-called quarantine acts (exclusively at home, work at home) may be adopted with active surveillance always for 14 days;
• immediate quarantine for all classmates for 14 days; provision by the Department of Prevention of quarantine with passive surveillance for companions;
• the relatives of the partners of the positive subject who are close contacts are not subject to any restriction if there are no symptoms compatible with COVID 19 or indications of an epidemiological nature;
• immediate quarantine for school workers; On the basis of anamnestic and epidemiological evaluations, they can be classified as either “close contact” or “casual contact”; in the first case, according to what was reported for the companions, they will be quarantined for 14 days; in the second case, they will be subjected to swabbing in 4-7 days (times compatible with the incubation of the disease) and, in the case of negative swabbing and in the absence of symptoms, it will be possible to adopt the so-called active quarantine (exclusively at home, work- home) with active surveillance always for 14 days.

2) The student tested positive with symptoms detected at home

In the event that the onset times of the symptoms manifested by the student allow exclusion from school participation, that is, more than 48 hours have passed since the last school attendance, the following measures are applied:

• immediate isolation of the subject for 14 days;
• the cohabitants will be subjected to swabs within 4-7 days (times compatible with the incubation of the disease);
• If the swab gives a negative result, there are no symptoms and the logistical conditions of the house guarantee the isolation of the infected subject, it will be possible to adopt the so-called active quarantine (exclusively at home, work at home) with active surveillance always for 14 days.
• In the event that it is not possible to exclude the participation of the school, the measures referred to in the previous point will be applied.

3) School worker tested positive for swab at school

• immediate isolation of the subject for 14 days; the cohabitants will be subjected to a swab within 4-7 days (times compatible with the incubation of the disease)
• If the swab gives a negative result, there are no symptoms and the logistical conditions of the house guarantee the isolation of the infected subject, it will be possible to adopt the so-called active quarantine for cohabitants (exclusively at home, work at home) with active surveillance;
• if preventive measures are respected, no quarantine measures are applied to students or other school operators;
• in the event of a well-founded suspicion of non-compliance with anticovidity measures, students in classes and school operators identifiable as close contacts will be quarantined;
• For the members of the family of those mentioned, as they are close contacts, the above provisions will apply.

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