School, “off the mask in class if everyone is vaccinated”

It will be possible to remove the mask in the class where all students will be vaccinated. This was reiterated by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza and of Education, Patrizio Bianchi. “We have said since the beginning, as a Government, that this is the absolute priority: to have everyone return safely to school. And I hope that soon we will have a very high number of classes in which all the children, as well as the teachers , will be vaccinated. And this will allow to further lighten the measures. Starting from the masks, which can be lowered in the classes where everyone is vaccinated “, said Speranza, in a press conference with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and other ministers, after the Cdm, On the anti-Covid vaccination “the best signal is coming from the youngest. A message of great trust and freedom is coming from them, with a very significant number of vaccinations in progress and a percentage that has even exceeded in the youngest some of the middle generations “, Speranza said again, adding:” It is nice to see between the ages of 20 and 29 that there is a very high response. And also between the ages of 12 and 18. And this offers us an extra weapon for the opening of schools “” The epidemiological situation is stable and in August we had an Rt index of around 1: this is due to the vaccination campaign. We have kept slight limitations compared to those of the previous months, the vaccination campaign is the real weapon we have and the response of the Italians is encouraging “, underlined the minister.