China News Service, September 10, according to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, on the 9th local time, Italian Prime Minister Conte and several government cabinet ministers held a press conference to give specific explanations on campus epidemic prevention in the new academic year and answer reporters. Concerned about the hot issues of school resumption.
However, the current situation is not optimistic. In the Lombardy region of the country, more than 4,000 faculty and staff have tested positive for the new crown virus.
The government actively coordinates
In order to resume classes smoothly
According to reports, Conte said at a press conference that social education work has become more complicated and challenging due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, and it is particularly important to strengthen campus epidemic prevention.
Although the current epidemic still exists, the new school year will start on the scheduled date, and some new epidemic prevention rules will be added for this to ensure the smooth development of teaching work.
Conte emphasized that the full resumption of classes in the new school year is not only related to the health and safety of students and faculty and staff, but also affects the health and safety of millions of families. Therefore, it requires the joint efforts of the whole society to prevent the epidemic in schools.
At present, the government has allocated 7 billion euros to improve school teaching and epidemic prevention facilities and create a safer learning environment for schools.
Conte pointed out that the new school year is about to begin, and in the face of a complex and changeable epidemic environment, there may be some cases of school infections, even entire classes are quarantined, and individual schools are temporarily closed.
Only by strictly abiding by the epidemic prevention rules can we achieve the best epidemic prevention effects and educational results.
According to the report, in addition to Conte, Italian Minister of Education, University and Scientific Research Azolina, Minister of Health Speranza, Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Demicheli also attended the press conference to discuss the preparations for the start of school on September 14. , Campus epidemic prevention rules and traffic issues were interpreted.
Azolina said that in the new school year, the school will arrange and stagger the school time.
Schools must ensure that students study in a prescribed safe distance environment and require students to wear masks in prescribed areas and ranges.
At present, the Ministry of Education has purchased 2.4 million new desks and 11 million masks to support the improvement of the school’s epidemic prevention work.
Azolina said that most of Italy will start school on September 14th, and some areas will also start school on September 24th.
The Ministry of Education has added more than 10,000 classrooms to schools across the country, and said that the Ministry of Education's investment in improving teaching and epidemic prevention facilities has exceeded the total investment in similar teaching in the past 20 years.
The situation is not optimistic
More than 4000 teachers in Lombardy infected
However, the current epidemic situation is not optimistic.
According to the epidemic report data from the Health Bureau of Lombardy on the 9th, there are about 206,687 faculty and staff who need to return to school. As of the 9th, 108,264 people have been screened for the new crown virus, exceeding the total number of faculty and staff who should be inspected. 50%.
Among them, 4,078 faculty and staff tested positive and the infection rate was about 3.8%.
Lombardy Region Health Commissioner Galera said that according to the analysis of faculty and staff testing data, 90% of the infected staff were asymptomatic.
The health department will pass further re-inspections and track contacts to curb the spread of the epidemic.
Galera pointed out that asymptomatic infections of faculty and staff also pose a potential threat to school resumption. In the next few days, the health department will speed up virus screening and ensure that schools resume classes safely as scheduled.
At the same time, the regional government is comprehensively inspecting and implementing the epidemic prevention measures of each school to eliminate all possible hidden dangers to ensure that schools start as scheduled.