Relief and caution when removing masks at recess: "Families need security"

• Madrid The mask will no longer be mandatory in the patios as of today

And, finally, that long-awaited moment has arrived: masks will not be mandatory at recess from today.

The measure, announced at the end of last week by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has arrived surrounded by controversy, since the Ministry of Health reproached the Madrid leader for taking this decision unilaterally and recalled that the norm obliges to maintain it when the social distance of 1.5 meters cannot be respected, something very difficult to achieve in courtyards.

Ayuso's initiative has caused relief and satisfaction, but also

among management teams, teachers and families.

From the

understands that this initiative corresponds to the campaign to relax the restrictions that the regional government is carrying out in other areas, but they are very cautious with the decision.

“There are educational centers with children under 12 years of age, where 100% of the population is unvaccinated.

of the coronavirus will increase and the disease could be transmitted to grandparents.

The delta variant has nothing to do with the alpha variant and is more aggressive, ”says Angela Sesto, spokesperson for the FAPA.

For this reason, they demand

so that a follow-up is carried out to assess that the measure does not increase the transmission of the virus.

They also demand that

in contact with a positive be tested and that they do not have to be confined for ten days in a preventive way, as has happened until now, without knowing if they have contracted the disease or not.

“We cannot consider the pandemic over.

We ask public administrations to provide the necessary resources to ensure that this initiative

,

added Sesto.

The management teams of the centers are now studying how to implement the measure.

«You have to take into account the conditions.

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But there are already many students who took off their masks at lunchtime to have their sandwiches and juice, "says José Miguel Campo, director of the Diego Velázquez institute, located in Torrelodones.

Campo does not hide that he feels a bit of vertigo, as every time the protocols have been changed.

“We are in a de-escalation context.

During this year and a half,

and we have demonstrated the quality of the service, "he concludes.

Teacher and watchman

Precisely on Friday, the same day that the schools received the detailed instructions for this new rule, the Minister of Education,

, encouraged the teachers to continue "watching over" the children - "as wonderfully well" as they have done so far. - After defending that this advance occurs

, with the pandemic under control.

Those who have welcomed the measure with open arms are psychologists, who experience first-hand

on the mental health of children.

Heike Freire, psychologist and pedagogue, considers it essential that

because children are built on the trust they have in others.

«

with the Covid.

Hospitals have quintupled psychiatric admissions.

We are seeing many delays in language and motor level because their life cycles have been interrupted.

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If there is anguish around and there is not enough stimulation, the child does not dare to take the leap to conquer that capacity, ”says Freire.

Child psychologist Bárbara Zapico also points out that, although children may find it "a little apprehensive" to leave the mask at first,

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