Covid and school, new quarantine rules are on the way

Covid and school, reduced quarantine and limited to classmates: the rules could change. “Without distinction and discrimination, obviously without prejudice to the principle of guaranteeing as much safety as possible in the classrooms”, Undersecretary for Education Rossano Sasso told Adnkronos, commenting on the risk of injury to students’ privacy in the event that there was a diversification quarantine times based on students’ vaccination status. “The Ministry of Education is required to implement the indications that come from the health authorities, as has been the case since the beginning of the pandemic, but certainly the question arises of not discriminating against students – underlines Sasso – Not even, of course, on the basis of adherence or not to the vaccination campaign. On this general concept, no exceptions are possible, because it would result in an intolerable vulnus to the detriment of children “. “It must be borne in mind that in the case of minors, the family decides on the basis of their own sensitivity and for children under the age of 12 there is currently no possibility of vaccination. Setting the duration of the quarantine is not part of the prerogatives of the Ministry of Education, but However, a reflection has been opened on the possibility of reducing it for all – the undersecretary anticipates – without distinction and discrimination, obviously without prejudice to the principle of guaranteeing as much safety as possible in the classrooms “.” Certainly yes “. Thus the Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri, guest of ‘Timeline’ on SkyTg24 on the hypothesis of a reduction of the quarantine for students after a case of positivity and a limitation only to classmates in the event of a negative test for all children. “We are working on it – the undersecretary said – further data must be acquired. Everything will depend on what the circulation of the virus will be in the coming weeks”. I don’t know how to give a date but it is inevitable that this will happen “, says Sileri, adding that after all” we have reopened a few days ago – he concludes – but I say that in two or three weeks, around 10 October we can already make a point on the school “.” The difference in the duration of the quarantines derives from a choice of the health authorities. And we have nothing to say about this. But from a practical point of view it is not a satisfactory choice because a single duration would be preferable “, says to Adnkronos the president of the National Association of Principals Antonello Giannelli who commenting on the possible vulnerability on the front of sensitive data related to the vaccination of students, deductible to the when he returns to the classroom, he says: “We will not record, process or disclose the data, but surely following the decision of the ASL at the time of the return of the students they will come to know. But this is inevitable and it is not a violation because it is foreseen by the sanitary law procedures for the treatment of the epidemic. We executives cannot attribute to ourselves health skills we must carry out what the law says. There is little to do: either we change the laws or we accept the consequences “.