School, principal Jesus-Maria: “Asl does not respect new quarantine protocol”

The new quarantine protocol in force since last November 3 is not necessarily applied by the local health authorities. The complaint to Adnkronos comes from the principal of the Jesuit Roman Institute of Jesus-Maria, Rocco De Maria, who, following a case of positivity to covid 19 of a second-grade pupil on November 8, was quarantined the whole class that in the meantime in the meantime in no time (ie fast, as foreseen by the new Protocol) had undergone a swab and had tested negative. “I contacted the ASL Rm 1 for information and the Manager in charge justified himself with these words: we do not adopt the new Protocol because the pandemic is growing for us”, says the Dean, amazed, showing the document sent by the ASL to the ‘Institute on how to manage the case “as per the old protocol, which for the return in the presence of the class provides seven days of quarantine and swab for the vaccinated, 10 days of quarantine and swab for the unvaccinated and 14 days of quarantine without swab for everyone”. While the new one foresees the immediate return after a first test in no time; to be confirmed with a second test after 5 days. “On the other hand, my second grade stays at home.” Contacted by Adnkronos, ASL Rm1 explains: “The new Protocol arrived to us as a technical note of ‘Indications for the identification and management of contacts of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the school environment’, attached to a circular and referred to an epidemiological context of a few weeks ago, which has changed in the meantime. We are organizing ourselves with great effort in order to make the new technical note operational. But in light of the worsening of the infections, we want to secure the our classes also on the basis of what we read in the note: ‘…. the indications provided are applicable in the current epidemiological situation and will be detected in the event of an increase in viral circulation or other relevant modification of the epidemiological situation …’. still the old protocol. The health system cannot change overnight due to a circular and efficiency cannot be the result of improvisation. regional level on the adoption of the new protocol “.” Is the reason for the non-application of the new rules the growing pandemic or the lack of human resources to manage the new modalities? Also who determines if the pandemic is on the rise? The ASL Rm1 or the Government with the CTS? “, The Dean countered.” These are anomalies, such as the fact that on a draft in circulation since the end of October the ASL has never raised doubts on the effective feasibility of the new rules. A non-compliance that now puts us principals in embarrassment even towards the parents who are very angry for the failure to adopt the new protocol “. Then there is the difficult privacy issue:” The new protocol should have resolved the discrimination between vaccinated and non-vaccinated vaccinated, also to protect the privacy of children. This is not the case. It is a privacy that leaks from all sides and that wants to save the form but not the substance – comments the Manager – By applying the protocols we learn who is vaccinated and who is not. But formally we don’t have to know. A big mess. “The protocol establishes that in the presence of a further positive case in addition to the index case, the subjects vaccinated / negativized in the last 6 months will be subjected to surveillance with testing; while the subjects not vaccinated / negativized for more than 6 months they will go to quarantine. And that in the presence of two positive cases in addition to the index case: the quarantine is triggered for the whole class. “Failure to adopt the new protocol puts us in difficulty – concludes the principal – Parents ask for it to be observed; those of the vaccinated wonder who have vaccinated to have a child, since the quarantine continues to apply for everyone. What to answer? “. (By Roberta Lanzara)