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“There are about 15 sick children who attended school during the contagious period. As a result, it is necessary to isolate peers and teachers who have had high-risk contacts. There are about 250 isolated individuals, but the number is changing, as epidemiological studies continue, with the exception that the isolation may be lifted if the individuals are vaccinated, sick, undergo an antibody test, “said the representative. from NVSC Justina Petravičienė to BNS on Monday.
He stressed that the circumstances of the infection of the aforementioned children are not related to the school, it is suspected that they were infected in another environment.
J. Petravičienė also stated that further education in classes with sick children should be decided by the schools themselves.
Despite the growing indicators of COVID-19, the Government has decided that education in all educational institutions will be carried out in a contact manner starting in September.
When some of the students fell ill, the institutions were left with the opportunity to work in a mixed way, that is, when some of the students in the class worked at home and others at school. With the deterioration of the epidemiological situation, if the Government decides to introduce universal distance education, primary school students must remain in the classroom and contact education for graduates will continue from February.
According to data from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, 324.9 thousand returned to classes this year. students, of which 28.3 thousand. first-timers and 22.1 thousand. graduates.
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