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Public schools reopened earlier this week. The universities reopened in September. Viveros and ATL, some, reopened in August. Common denominator: in all types of school there are students sent home to confirmed cases of covid-19. However, none have been forced to close their doors because no active outbreaks have been confirmed.
For the total closure of a school, “very extraordinary situations” would be necessary, as is the case of many cases of covid-19 within the establishment and “an intense community spread”, said, before the reopening of the schools, the general director from school. Greetings, Graça Freitas.
Schools
John Paul II College
In Braga, a few days after opening its doors to students, the Colégio João Paulo II quarantined a class after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The news was advanced first-hand by O MINHO on September 12.
As our newspaper learned, the young woman in question is the same one who is part of the Braga Skating Academy, which in the meantime temporarily suspended training as a precaution due to the contagion of the new coronavirus.
University class in Braga in quarantine after positive case of covid-19
The young woman will have contracted the SARS CoV-2 virus after contagion from her father, so there is no reason to consider whether the infection was infected at school or at the skating academy, although the athlete’s coach also tested positive.
Regarding the high school class, all the students and teachers who had contact with the teenager were subjected to voluntary quarantine, not returning to school in the following 14 days.
Luso-International College of Braga
On September 14, the Colégio Luso-Internacional de Braga (CLIB) announced a new case of contagion. A 10th grader tested positive for the new coronavirus, leading to the entire class being quarantined and with online classes.
In statements to University Radio of MinhoThe principal, Helena Pina Vaz, confirmed the news and the class quarantine, adding that some parents prevented their children from attending classes at that school for fear of contagion.
Gang in quarantine after covid-19 case in Braga school
The principal appealed to serenity and stressed that only the students in the class where the case was detected need quarantine, adding that the “panic” of some parents and guardians hinders the work of the school.
Public schools
This week the public schools reopened. With various fears among principals, teachers, employees, and guardians, most of the students were happy with this return, an opportunity to meet their colleagues and play without parental supervision. But the covid-19 does not allow to lower the guards.
EB1 from Gavião (Famalicão)
On September 22, a day after returning to school, EB1’s fourth-year class in Gavião, in Famalicão, closed after a student tested positive for COVID-19, O MINHO confirmed with the president of the board.
The primary school hall in Famalicão closes after a child tests positive for covid-19
About 20 children in that class were quarantined, but the rest of the classrooms continued to function normally.
EB 2/3 from Caldas das Taipas (Guimarães)
On September 25, an EB 2/3 ninth-grade class in Caldas das Taipas, in Guimarães, was quarantined after a student tested positive for the virus.
In statements to the newspaper Digital reflection, the director of the Taipas School Group, João Montes, reported that he was warned by health authorities around 00:00 on Friday.
Isolated class after a student tests positive at a school in Guimarães
Beginning at 07:00 on the same day, the school management contacted the parents of that class so that they would not bring the students to school. They were asked to actively monitor students for possible symptoms until October 2, when the mandatory quarantine for this class ends.
António Feijó Basic School (Ponte de Lima)
That same day (Friday) it was announced that an eighth grade student from the António Feijó Basic School, in Ponte de Lima, tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In statements to Radio Alto Minho, the director of the group, José António Silva, said that the case was denounced by his parents last Monday and, the following day, they were “removed [da escola] some students who were closer and that the Health Delegate understood ”.
Student from the Ponte de Lima school tests positive for covid-19
In total, 26 children were ‘sent’ to mandatory quarantine. “We are applying the protocol and we talk with the class that is in class and we do not see the need for more students to go home, but the decision will be made by the Health Delegate,” he added.
Infias Basic and Secondary School (Vizela)
A student of class C of the fifth year of the Agrupación de Escuelas de Infias in Vizela, tested positive for covid-19, the school announced this Friday.
The entire class was placed in prophylactic isolation, as were three students from another class (A) from the same year who contacted the infected student directly.
According to the group’s director, Rosa María Carvalho, the rest of the students and teachers of the Infias Basic and Secondary School will be subjected to passive surveillance, and must continue attending classes if they do not show symptoms.
According to the director, in a circular to which O MINHO had access, the child who tested positive for the new coronavirus went to the school space until September 22, when he was diagnosed with contagion.
Infected student at Vizela school and fifth grade class in quarantine
According to the ACES Alto Ave health authority, all students, teachers, and school personnel should be monitored daily for symptoms consistent with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
They are still not advised to frequent places with crowds of people, but they must maintain their work / student activity as long as they do not present symptoms and comply with the recommended standards of hygiene, distance and use of a mask.
If they experience any symptoms, they should isolate themselves and contact SNS24 immediately.
ATL and kindergartens
Kindergartens and ATLs have not escaped the pandemic either.
Bearded ATL (Vila Verde)
The Service of Activities of Animation and Support to the Family (AAAF) of the Parish Council of Vila Verde and Barbudo, which was active, was closed on August 26 due to the confirmation of a positive case of covid-19 in a child. five years, O MINHO, a local health source, told O MINHO.
The boy, a girl, belongs to a family that was the origin of an outbreak in that municipality, associated with a restaurant, and that is still active, although controlled and decreasing.
Infected child forces the closure of ATL preschool in Vila Verde
According to our newspaper, the activity room is part of the Vila Verde School Center, but it is exclusive to the local authority. “About 12 children” attend this occupational center and are left isolated.
ATL Vila Gerações (Arcos de Valdevez)
In Arcos de Valdevez, 85 children from the nursery school and ATL Vila Gerações, from Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Arcos de Valdevez, went home after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
In statements to the Lusa agency, on September 22, the provider Francisco Araújo said that the ATL had already been closed the previous week, but the local health delegation ordered the closure of the nursery, as a “preventive measure.”
In total, 85 children were in mandatory quarantine at home until the next 30, the date stipulated for the reopening of those facilities.
“The children are at home. There are no children with symptoms, no relatives. It was a precautionary measure taken by the delegate of health and well, in a preventive attitude, ”he told the same source.
Fradelos Kindergarten (Famalicão)
A child who attended one of the classes at the Sapugal Nursery, in Fradelos, Famalicão municipality, tested positive for the new coronavirus on September 18, but the health authorities decided to close that space only the following Wednesday (day 22).
The information was confirmed to O MINHO by the president of the Board of Fradelos, Adelino Silva Costa, reporting the closure of the two rooms that the parish has, attended by “about 50 children.”
The mayor could not explain the reason for the delay in closing the space, nor did ACES Alto Ave respond to our requests for information.
Famalicão: The boy tested positive on Friday, but the school only closed today. 50 children at home
Adelino Costa also added that the 1st cycle classes, which operate in the building next door, continue to attend face-to-face classes.
The school group is working in conjunction with the health authority to proceed, if necessary, to disinfect and test other students and staff, confirmed the mayor.
A school will only close in “very extraordinary situations”
A school will only close in “very extraordinary situations” as is the case of many cases of covid-19 within the establishment and “an intense community spread,” said the Director General of Health.
“The impact of closing a school is so great that there must be criteria, uniformity, consideration, to see if all aspects have been studied and are being applied well, because it is a decision with great responsibility and we are going to try to be surgical in our procedure . ”, Graça Freitas said on the 11th, before returning to school.
He explained that a class, an area or a wing of the school will be limited, and “only in very extraordinary situations, with a large circulation of infected cases within the school and with an intense community spread, can the closure of a school be considered ”. .
Covid-19: a school will only close in “very extraordinary situations”
“I understand the concerns that everyone may have about what may be less appropriate behavior to respect the rules, but I also know that we can count on civil society to alert, in particular, the youngest, the school community, parents when the rules do not apply. respected, ”said Marta Temido, Minister of Health.
“I believe that we are in a period of adaptation to the regular operation of schools, and we have a regulatory framework that allows us to frame possible risks,” said the minister.
* With Pedro Luís Silva, Luís Moreira and Lusa
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