Is opening schools related to the significant increase in the number of Coronavirus cases?

Children across the United Kingdom and Europe have returned to schools wearing protective masks to avoid infection with the emerging corona virus, as for many it is a return that came after a long time, with an urgent need for it.

Understandably, however, many teachers and caregivers are concerned about that return.

And "Bloomberg" news agency reported that evidence indicates that reopening schools was not the main reason behind the spike in the number of local HIV infections.

However, the coming months will pose some challenges.

At first glance, the experience of Norway indicates that returning to the classroom does not have to be accompanied by a significant increase in the number of injuries.

The children there returned to school in late April, and they are adhering to strict new hygiene rules and classes with less student density, before they start the summer vacation after two months.

The Scandinavian country was able to curb the epidemic during that period, through the imposition of travel restrictions, and demands for quarantine, in addition to imposing restrictions on private gatherings.

However, Norway recently witnessed, with the start of the autumn season, an increase in the number of cases of "Covid-19" disease resulting from infection with the Coronavirus, but the increase was due to young people.

During this season of returning to school, there was an increase in the number of injuries elsewhere as well, but again, other factors are the reason behind this increase, according to what Bloomberg reported.

In Scotland - for example - cases of the virus have increased among some groups in Glasgow.

The government said that the reason for this is the transmission of the virus among members of the community, and not because of the spread of the virus in schools.

After injuries were recorded among a group of people, including students from two high schools in North Glasgow and Lanarkshire, the country's national medical director told the British Broadcasting Corporation in Scotland (BBC), that the parties that young people hold between each other inside the homes, It is a real concern, and more work needs to be done to encourage young people to follow social distancing measures.

In Germany, while some schools or classrooms were closed when it was announced that one case of Coronavirus was reported, there was a relationship between an increase in the number of infections and those returning from abroad after vacationing, as it is believed that 40% of the cases were Its announcement recently moved out of the country.

The rest of the numbers were likely caused by family gatherings and special events.

The manner in which the schools have been opened, and other measures taken across the community, seem very appropriate, according to Bloomberg.

For his part, virologist Christian Drosten believes that the absence of infections among groups of students in schools in Germany is due to the transmission of infection at relatively lower rates within the country, thanks to the early response, effective testing, and tracking of the injured.

If this is the case, then keeping schools open may be more difficult in countries with high infection rates such as Spain, Italy and France.

Last May, Israel fueled the number of HIV infections it had, after it had just been tamed there, by racing to open classrooms before there were adequate measures for social distancing, and without a robust system to track the infected.

On the contrary, Denmark is a model for applying measures to reduce the size of student density in the classroom, washing hands after nearly every hour, in addition to combining online learning and learning in schools, to avoid the presence of high student densities.

Of course, it is still too early for the new school year, and winter has not yet started in Europe.

Of course, the cold and humid weather there will cause the windows to close inside the classrooms.

And things will get more difficult as flu season enters.

It is clear that countries face a challenge to gain control of the situation.

However, keeping schools open should not ignite the flames of the Coronavirus.

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