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Yesterday COVID-19 in Kaunas had 160 students and 23 teachers, although on Monday 104 students, ten teachers and four school administration employees. There were 647 students in isolation on Monday. A quarter fewer children were sick a week ago.
There are schools without contagion
“We are seeing similar morbidity rates in other major cities in the country,” said Milda Labašauskaitė, head of the Health Care Division of the Kaunas City Municipality Administration, commenting on the statistics.
Morbidity figures presented for COVID-19 in Kaunas include private and subordinate educational institutions and vocational schools.
The situation in schools is expected to stabilize, as Kaunas shows solid results according to the rate of vaccination of students, according to the interlocutor. “We are one of the fastest vaccination cities in the country and above the national average,” said the department head.
In the 12-15 year age group, just over a third (35%) of the students received at least one dose of COVID-19 and a quarter (26%) of both doses. “Students aged 16 and over are vaccinated faster because they can make their own decision, but we cannot give the exact percentage because the sample registered in the database is between 16 and 24 years old,” explained the interviewee.
According to Monday’s data, no cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 33 educational institutions in Kaunas among both students and teachers. All teachers are in good health in 68 educational institutions in the city. “This is undoubtedly influenced by the high percentage of people vaccinated or relapsing,” said M. Labašauskaitė.
Similar morbidity rates are observed in other major cities in the country.
The number of cases is increasing
According to the municipality, most of the patients were at the John Paul II Gymnasium in Kaunas on Monday. Eleven cases of COVID-19 have been identified so far.
Ramutė Latvelienė, the gym director, told Kauno Diena on Wednesday morning that thirteen children are already sick in the gym, three of whom are primary school children. As a result, six classes were isolated: one primary and five secondary.
In total, almost 1,500 students study in this gym. students, it is the largest educational institution in Kaunas. Exactly how many students are isolated, the principal could not say why they count in classes rather than individual students. On average, about 25 students study in a class.
“There is also an isolated teacher who was not vaccinated. But now her daughter is sick, she has obtained a certificate of inability to work. Our students with coronavirus are definitely not in hospitals, they are all at home. Teachers”, the gym director Juan Paul II reviewed the situation.
According to Monday’s data, up to seven cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Žaliakalnis, Simonas Daukantas and Kazys Grinius progymnasium, Kaunas “Šviesa” kindergarten-school, in others – isolated cases.
Rima Gabrielaitė, chief specialist of the Communicable Disease Management Division of the Kaunas Department of the National Center for Public Health, told Kauno Diena that only in the second week of September there were 65 new cases of COVID-19 disease. At that time, two or three cases of COVID-19 were detected in nine educational institutions in Kaunas and isolated cases in others.
Preventive tests
Safety measures, vaccinations and the early detection of new cases help to manage the situation in schools.
80% agreed with the preventive tests. Parents or guardians of Kaunas students. On September 6, the investigation of environmental surface samples in preschool and preschool educational institutions began in Kaunas. They will be repeated regularly every two weeks. Seventeen Kaunas institutions have chosen to test the surface. Thirteen of them already have the first results: of the 200 samples taken, all were negative.
September 13 The test was started by the cumulative method. It will check weekly the children of 36 schools whose parents have agreed. Self-monitoring with rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigens began this Monday. This study was selected by 53 educational institutions.
“After examining 740 accumulated, about 4.5 thousand children, only fifteen potentially positive samples were identified. Most of the young parents registered their children at a mobile test point to confirm or rule out COVID-19. Those young people and their families who chose not to undergo PCR “This week, 423 cases have already been completed, six of them were positive. Rapid antigen testing began yesterday. 6,100 students were tested, twelve of them tested positive, “M.Labašauskaitė said Tuesday.
According to her, according to the available data, when comparing the incidence by age groups, it is slightly higher among primates. “This should not come as a surprise. It is more difficult for young people to keep their distances and follow hygiene requirements. According to preliminary data, 39 students in these classes are now ill.”
On Monday, there were 34 fifth through eighth grade students and 31 seniors in the group. Last week, half of the sick were elementary school children.
Accept as a necessity
Research on coronavirus infection is being carried out in educational settings where communities have expressed a desire to be regularly tested for the COVID-19 disease, municipal officials added. Depending on the age of the students, the curricula, and the expressed need by the community for preventive testing, three methods can be used to diagnose the disease: environmental surface tests, cumulative tests, or self-monitoring using rapid antigen tests.
Depending on the educational programs implemented in schools (primary, basic or secondary), one or more preventive testing methods are used. Parents can refuse to have their offspring tested at any time, and parents who have previously failed the test can also change their mind.
Ona Gucevičienė, Head of the Department of Education of the Municipality of the City of Kaunas, commented that the school communities of Kaunas understand the threats of the pandemic and the importance of the current situation, so they accept the management of flows, guaranteeing distances safe and other security measures as a necessity. .
He described the atmosphere that currently prevails in Kaunas schools as follows: “The joyous shock of going back to schools: both students and teachers are happy to be together, not at a distance. However, this situation also poses challenges. to ensure that members of the school community, especially students and teachers, are safe. “
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