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24 August 2020

Countdown to the start of classes. The school will reopen on September 1st for the recovery of learning and lessons will resume on September 14th; the ceremony to start the school year will take place, in the presence of President Mattarella, on September 14th in Vo 'Euganeo, where precisely for this reason the lessons will start early on September 7th.

USE OF THE MASK
The use of the mask remains confirmed to date even when seated at the counter where a distance of one meter is not possible. The CTS will speak again at the end of August. In any case, the derogation will be allowed for a limited period of time and in the meantime, solutions will have to be adopted as soon as possible to ensure the prescribed distance. For those under the age of 6 it is already foreseen that it should not be used.

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
The Technical Scientific Committee did not consider it appropriate to measure the body temperature at the entrance neither for the pupils nor for the staff; the temperature will be measured at home even if there are regions such as Campania where the possibility of a temperature measurement at school is being evaluated.

THE SPACES
The canteen will be ensured by providing different shifts between the classes. Where the canteen rooms are not present or are "converted" into spaces intended to accommodate groups / sections for ordinary teaching activities, the meal can be consumed in the classroom ensuring the ventilation and sanitation of the rooms and furnishings used before and after the eating a meal. In addition, € 330 million were allocated to finance the adaptation and adaptation of spaces and classrooms. These are appropriations for so-called 'light' construction.

THE BENCHES
The new benches will be supplied by 11 companies, 7 Italian and 4 foreign, coming from the EU. The first ones will arrive in September, then others will arrive at the beginning of October, finally by the end of October all those requested will arrive, almost 2.5 million, starting from the schools of the areas where the infection is highest. They have also been purchased, individually by some schools, new benches with the funding arrived with the Relaunch Dl; some of these are arriving in these hours.

FROM TODAY HELP DESK FOR SCHOOLS
From today a help desk has started, entirely dedicated to recovery, to which schools can contact in case of doubts and questions active from Monday to Saturday, from 9 to 13 and from 14 to 18.

SEROLOGICAL TESTS TO SCHOOL STAFF
Administration has already started in Lazio and Tuscany; it started today in the other Regions. Taking the test is optional. The absence of school staff in the event of a positive serological test will be assimilated to quarantine. Some unions of general practitioners ask that the tests be carried out in schools or local health authorities and not in private doctors' offices.

THE ISS DOCUMENT FOR CASE REPORTING
The Higher Institute of Health has created a document with the rules for the management of cases and outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools. A single case will not be enough to close school. The Local Health Authority will consider prescribing quarantine to all students of the same class and to any exposed school operators who become close contacts in the last 48 hours. Each school is asked to appoint a Covid-19 contact person, who will act as a link with the ASL and will be trained on the procedures to follow. Cases of symptomatic pupils will be reported to the referent. Furthermore, his / her task will be to check for possible "high absences" (above 40%) of students in a single class.