Every third kindergarten child stays at home in lockdown. The school classes are very well attended. Last week 195 people in Vienna who can be assigned to school staff tested positive – this week there were 153. Signs of a trend reversal?
Vienna’s kindergarten children have gone into lockdown to a greater extent than expected. Every third family is currently looking after their child who is not yet of school age at home. While 90 to 95 percent of the children are normally present in the groups, it was “only” 61 percent in the first week of the lockdown The majority of Viennese kindergarten children continue to attend kindergarten, shows that it is important to keep the first educational facility for our youngest children open with the accompanying strict safety concept, ”he says Students slowed down the first week of lockdown – 1,602 tested positive by Thursday – 234 more than last. “We see a slowdown in the number of schoolchildren newly infected with the coronavirus. With the newly applicable rules that if there are two or more infected people in the class, this will be closed, we have implemented a further safety step in the fight against the pandemic in everyday school life, ”says Wiederkehr hoping for a trend reversal perhaps as early as the next school week. The Vice-Mayor wants to prevent a school lockdown with all his might: “Our goal is to guarantee open schools with a good security concept!” 183 classes and one school in Vienna closed There has already been a 20 percent decrease in infections among newly infected school staff. While 195 people counted among the school staff (teachers, school attendants, etc.) tested positive last week, there were 153 people in the first days of the lockdown. 183 classes are closed in Vienna due to Covid cases, one school on Draschestraße (23rd) is completely closed.
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