Covid and school, Ricciardi: “Risks from reopening, working hard on transport and classrooms”

“With the reopening of the school, the risk of an increase in Covid cases exists. We have seen it in these two weeks in Scotland, a very wise and prudent country, which, despite the attentions, has had to deal with a rise in cases linked to the school. Unfortunately it is normal with this Delta variant that has changed the cards on the table, with children becoming the main vehicles of infections. In September we will need to multiply the attention “. To tell Adnkronos Health Walter Ricciardi, advisor to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza and professor of Hygiene at the Catholic University of Rome. Read also “The school must absolutely reopen in safety. And there is a lot to do first of all on transport. But also on the classroom, in which, in addition to the measures we know – distance, masks, hygiene – it is very important that the classes are equipped with carbon dioxide detectors, instruments that indicate when the air becomes dangerous and aeration is needed. Now we have more money available thanks to the PNRR. We are late but having these devices is essential “, he concludes.