The group of six to 14-year-olds had by far the highest incidence in recent weeks, with over 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Almost every fifth new infection affects a child of this age. Teachers are all the more concerned about the approaching start of school. Because on Wednesday many students return to their classes untested. Would you have had to organize it differently?
The autumn holidays proved that the school tests are not the main reason for the many positive corona cases, as skeptics claim. Because just in the week when the students in Austria were off, the number of illnesses exploded. Schools will start again on Wednesday – there is great fear among parents and teachers. Is there a threat of a wave of quarantine and has the school restart been prepared in the best possible way after the autumn break?
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Doubts about this cannot be ignored in educational circles: Because although children between six and 14 years of age have been most frequently affected by a corona infection in recent weeks, also because the vaccine has not yet been approved for the under-12-year-olds, they have to Most of the locations do not have a negative Corona test at the start of school. They are first tested in class, often without wearing a mask during this period.
Have the schools been prepared in the best possible way?
“We start on Wednesday with a nose drill test. PCR will not follow until Thursday, ”says a teacher from Vienna. Like many of her colleagues, she doesn’t understand why the kids don’t have to show a test when entering the school in view of the explosive Covid situation.
“Many families were on vacation. In Austria, too, the numbers are increasing dramatically. The risk is enormous and could be significantly reduced by a preliminary test ”, criticize several educators in an interview with the“ Krone ”. Like the parents, they fear that another wave of quarantine will roll into the schools.