Ensures student safety and avoids a gap in the educational process

Dubai Health puts 10 controls in place to limit Corona infection in schools

• Schools have adopted precautionary measures to reduce the possibility of infection transmission among students.

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• Dr. Hind Al-Awadi: "Every student is obligated to stay in the place designated for him and to avoid the participation of colleagues with school tools."

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The Dubai Health Authority has set 10 controls to curb "Covid-19" infection in schools, stressing the need to adhere to them to ensure a safe school year.

The head of the Health Promotion and Education Department at the authority, Dr. Hind Al-Awadi, called on students and their families to adhere to the specified procedures, to avoid a gap in the educational process.

Al-Awadi explained to “Emirates Today” that due to the continuing exceptional circumstances that the world is going through due to the spread of the Coronavirus, and with the increasing control of the country's health system over the virus, and to avoid a gap in the educational process, the government decided to return students to schools according to conditions and controls that take into account the utmost degree. General safety for students, through the commitment and adoption of schools, amendments and precautionary measures to reduce the possibility of infection transmission among students.

And she continued: “In order to provide a healthy and safe learning environment, students and parents should adopt and follow the internationally recommended safety measures during the school day,” noting that it is normal for the child to feel confused, and feelings of fear and hesitation may arise in returning to school.

The list of controls and conditions set by the authority to limit the infection of "Covid-19" in the classroom included 10 basic controls, which are "the necessity of adhering to the new changes imposed by the crisis, as everyone is now responsible, and informing the responsible in the class when symptoms appear, and every student Bring prevention supplies (sterilizers, masks, tissues), and maintain physical spacing (at least two meters) at all times.

She added: “The measures also included the commitment of each student to stay in the place designated for him in the class, avoiding the participation of colleagues with school tools (pens, notebooks, personal items), not expressing panic or spreading rumors, which may negatively affect the school environment, and avoiding shaking hands, hugging and kissing. , And contentment with waving from afar, avoiding gatherings, avoiding whispering and exchanging notes, wearing a mask all the time, and using sterilizers.

Al-Awadi called on students' families to encourage their children to have dialogue and talk about what is bothering them and make them feel anxious about returning to school, explaining the information about "Covid-19" to them, methods of transmission and prevention, while explaining the safety measures and precautions that the school will follow to keep everyone, as well as speaking About the changes that will happen to them while they are at school, such as having to wear a muzzle, and the physical distance between them and others.

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