To stem the crisis of covid-19 and its variants, kindergarten students with signs suggestive of Covid-19 will now be placed in quarantine for seven days.
The health protocol has been further tightened! This Sunday, February 7, an urgent note from the Directorate General of Health (DGS) indicated to strengthen its fight against the South African and Brazilian variants of covid-19. Thus, as soon as a student is considered to be in contact with a parent or a member of his family, infected with one of the two variants, the class will be automatically closed. In addition, people positive for the South African or Brazilian variant and their risky contact cases should be tested. They must then isolate themselves for 10 days, unlike 7 days previously.
But the health protocol was updated this Tuesday, February 9 by the Ministry of National Education. From now on, students with signs suggestive of covid-19 and who have not yet been tested will be subject to “From an eviction of seven days until the signs stop”. Nevertheless, the evocative signs have not been specified. Also, the protocol recommends “An additional eviction 48 hours after the fever has disappeared”.
After this quarantine, the children will be able to come back without being tested, by simply respecting the barrier gestures.
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