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These are, as “Novosti” has learned, variants that are being considered in the fight against the corona virus, but there is no final decision yet.
According to the current school calendar, Vojvodina students should definitely take a break on December 23, on the eve of Catholic Christmas, and return to school on January 18, 2021. For students from Central Serbia, the The break is planned in two parts: the first part of the vacation is scheduled for December 31 to January 8, followed by a weekend, so the first business day would be January 11, 2021. The second part of the school calendar is entered from February 1 to 16.
– Due to the epidemiological situation, the Crisis Staff will propose that all children be on vacation at the same time, the only question is what date will be chosen for the beginning of the vacation. In addition, the duration of three weeks, as planned for Vojvodina students, could be extended to four. That would be nothing new, because in the previous two years, winter break in February was extended by a week due to seasonal flu. The possibility that the children rest until the end of January is not even ruled out – say the interlocutors of “Novosti”.
The final decision will also depend on the situation in the schools. So far, the situation is under control and the number of patients is negligibly small in relation to the total number of teachers and children. However, it was decided that starting Monday, all schools, instead of once a week, send data on sick students and educators to school administrations on a daily basis. These data reach the Ministry of Education, which presents them to the Crisis Staff.
The president of the Serbian Education Workers’ Union, Jasna Janković, believes that the problem is not the number of infected people in schools, but the number of isolated people.
– The infection is not great, but the isolation is numerous – says Jasna Janković. – Educators or children who have been in contact with someone infected with the virus should be isolated for two weeks. There are many such educators and in many schools there is no one to change them, so the question is whether the system can last long. That may be one of the reasons kids go on vacation much earlier than planned, says Jasna Janković.
THE VIRUS SPREADS FROM ADULTS TO CHILDREN
Dr. Predrag Kon recently said that there is a certain merger of winter break for students from Vojvodina and Central Serbia.
– Holidays are important because of the interruption of the possibility of transmission, but mainly the flu virus. It is transmitted mainly in schoolchildren and only then is it transmitted to adults. With the corona virus, we have the opposite process, from adults to the very young – said Kon.
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