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08 February 2020Monitoring with "voluntary stay at home" for the "timely verification of fever and the typical symptoms of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV" aimed at children and students who in the 14 days prior to their arrival in Italy have been in the areas of China concerned by the epidemic.

The Ministry of Health has updated the circular for schools inspired by the "principle of maximum precaution". Absences are justified. The circular concerns children who attend childhood education services and students, up to secondary school, of all nationalities.

"The precautionary measure envisaged in these cases is that of active, daily surveillance by the 'Department of Prevention of the local health authority' activated by the school manager on the recommendation of the family. Such monitoring consists in the timely verification of the fever and the typical symptoms of the new coronavirus2019-nCoV ", concludes the note of the ministry.