Fate:

In preschools and schools in the municipality, the situation is calm with normal absenteeism among students, children and staff, the municipality states on its website.

Exterior:

Operations started as usual and there have been isolated cases of established infection.

The municipality has worked with mapping and measures in the event of knowledge.

Substitutes are connected to the units to secure the operations if needed.

The school principal in the municipality states that it has been tough and strenuous because staff must be at home in case of symptoms.

But so far, the activities have been able to start.

Vadstena:

It rolls on no major impact in the business.

We have had schooling as usual until the holidays.

Mjölby:

No widespread prevalence among children, students or staff.

Occasional confirmed cases.

The business is affected by ongoing work to adapt it based on the current situation and the recommendations provided by FHM and regional infection control.

The activities are also affected by the fact that upper secondary education largely takes place via distance and distance education.

Åtvidaberg:

Low or no spread of infection and currently no impact on operations.

Finspång:

There are cases in both preschool and school.

The municipality has not requested that the principals report each individual case, but only if there is a cluster infection.

As employees are at home as soon as they have the slightest symptoms, there has been a greater sickness absence than normal.

The operations have still been able to be kept open, except for seven days when a department in the municipality's training school was completely closed as many employees were infected by covid.

Motala:

There is a general spread of infection in society.

Our preschools and primary schools are not excluded.

There are confirmed cases of Covid19, both in preschool and elementary school.

The preschool has had, and has, a higher sickness absence, compared with the same period both 2019 and 2020, gratifyingly, we see a positive trend with reduced sickness absence.

The same applies to compulsory school, but there the sickness absence is somewhat lower.

Sick leave is due to various causes, such as colds, symptoms at home, other causes of short-term absence, long-term absence, VAB.

February is a month with increased sick leave and absence among children and students, according to statistics from previous years.

The operations are affected when sick leave is high and there are not enough substitutes, it becomes / is strained in the operations.

Extent differs between different preschools and schools.

Most devices report moderate impact, some significant impact and some none at all.

Reorganization and schedule changes have been made to resolve situations.

Linköping:

The principals of preschools and schools follow up on established cases and provide information in the activities in order to increase compliance with the recommendations.

The region is responsible for infection tracing.

In the event of three or more cases at the same unit in good time, the principals report to the student health director, who in turn maintains a continuous dialogue with the Region's infection control unit about the situation.

Since Christmas, we have followed a handful of units per week a little extra.

In most cases, it has been about 3-7 found infected per unit.

In the vast majority of cases, these are staff and in a few cases, students.

In addition to this, we monitor absences for children, students, staff on an ongoing basis.

We have an impact on the personnel side where we see fatigue and anxiety to cope with the staffing.

Not always linked to covid infection.

For a year, the staff has worked under harsher pressure and anxiety linked to the pandemic.

So far, we have been able to keep the business going as planned.

Norrköping:

Occasional cases of infection on a couple of different devices, no cluster infection.

Chains of infection are broken through quick handling, sampling and going home with mild symptoms.

We continue to actively monitor any spread of infection and sick leave at our units this week as well as before.

All planned activities that will be running this week are underway.

Boxholm:

Boxholm currently has no cases of covid.

We follow the Public Health Agency's directives, outdoor sports, Stenbocksskolan F-3 eats in classrooms to be able to sparse for 4-9.

The staff wears visors.

We do not mix students and staff who do not meet in the daily work.

Valdemarsvik:

No reporting from the principals that there are staff with established covid.

We currently have a greater absence and thus little impact on our business.

All schools and preschools are open as usual.

Kinda:

Occasional cases in staff, no cluster infection.

Operations are affected due to staff sick leave for symptoms, not covid-19.

The need for substitutes is great, but also substitutes are at home and on sick leave with symptoms.

Söderköping:

At present, there is a small spread of infection among children, students and educators in the activities.

At present, there is little impact on staffing in the operations.

Periodically, the impact has been greater during the past year.

It has varied quite a lot between different activities, depending on staffing and the spread of infection on the unit and in the immediate area.

Right now stable presence both among children, students and staff group.

Reconciliation meeting on the situation

At the end of the week, representatives from the activities in the municipality will check the situation with the infection control unit to assess the situation.

The meeting will be held so that the activities can prepare for any need for new measures.

Infection control in Västra Götaland, Södermanland, Gotland, Stockholm and Skåne has introduced distance education for upper secondary and upper secondary school the week after the sports holiday to minimize the risk of the spread of infection.