So that educational institutions do not turn into hotbeds of the spread of "Covid-19"

Students of the world return to their schools with "masks"

Pupils queue in a school in western France to have lunch.

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Millions of students return to schools with masks, and recommendations for the need for prevention, so that educational institutions do not turn into hotspots for the outbreak of the new Corona virus.

In Europe, the French, Belgian, Russian and Ukrainian students returned to school yesterday, after their colleagues in Germany, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

In French schools, the wearing of masks is imposed on teachers and students over the age of 11 years, while Greece, for its part, imposes this measure on all students, starting from nursery classes.

In Spain, where the return to school extends from the fourth to the 15th of September, depending on the regions, children over the age of six years will have to wear masks at all times.

In Belgium, the Prime Minister, Sophie Vilmes, considered that "it is necessary for children to resume a normal pattern in school, or as close as possible to normal," justifying the preservation of the first date of September as the date for the resumption of the school year.

This is a view shared by the British government, which believes that the benefits of returning to school outweigh the potential risks.

In some countries, students will take a break in turns to avoid overcrowding, which is the case in Greece, where the start of the school year may be postponed by a week, which was scheduled for the seventh of this month.

In Russia, schools have reopened their doors, with one million cases recorded nationally.

The epidemic continues to affect sporting events, and the US Open competitions opened in an unusual atmosphere, behind closed doors, and amid strict health measures in the first Grand Slam during the emerging Corona virus crisis.

Yesterday, Hong Kong launched an intensive campaign to conduct tests to detect "Covid-19". The Chief of the Executive Authority in Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, announced that "this will help Hong Kong to emerge safely from the epidemic, and will allow the resumption of daily activities."

However, the initiative faces suspicion about the local government and Beijing, as some residents fear that the collected data will be used, and others refuse to participate in an act of "negative resistance", such as the press tycoon, Jimmy Lai, who was recently suspended under the controversial National Security Act.

The United States, where the health response is still scattered and unfair from one state to another, has crossed the 6 million disease mark.

It is expected that the US death toll, which currently stands at more than 183,000, will exceed the 200,000 mark during the month of September, according to epidemiological models, even if the White House seeks to limit the number of examinations that are conducted to reduce the epidemic.

In Latin America, Peru has become the country with the highest death rate per capita in the world, with 87 deaths out of every 100 people.

"We lack hospitals, health centers, medicines and laboratories," Godofredo Talavera, head of the Peruvian Doctors' Union, told AFP.

Many people die in their homes for fear of going to the hospital, or because there are no beds or respirators. ”

And in Brazil, the second country most affected by the epidemic after the United States, with about 121,000 deaths, the Amazonian tribal leader, Raoni Mitukteri, was hospitalized with "Covid-19".

Schools in Russia reopen their doors with one million cases recorded nationwide.

The British government believes that the benefits of returning to school outweigh the potential risks.

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