markers prior to enter the Luigi Einaudi technical high school in
Rome on September 14, 2020 for the start of the school year, during
the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. – Schools
in some European nations were set to open on September 14, 2020
with millions returning to classrooms in Italy, Greece and Romania.
(Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)
Millions of Italian children returned to the
classroom on Monday as most schools reopened more than six months
after they were closed to curb the coronavirus
pandemic.
Although some Italian schools opened earlier this month, roughly
5.6 million students from a total of eight million went back to
school on Monday, confronting a new reality of restrictions.
Italy was one of the first in Europe to be hit by the pandemic,
which has now officially killed over 35,500 people out of a total
of 280,000 cases.
Premier Giuseppe Conte admitted on Sunday that Italian schools
faced a difficult situation, including a lack of teachers,
single-seat benches and surgical masks.
“There will be difficulties and inconveniences, especially in
the beginning,” Conte wrote on Facebook.
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He also saluted teachers, who he said had “made an extraordinary
effort in the months of confinement to continue lessons and distant
learning”.
“We are grateful to you,” he said.
With the country registering more than 1,500 infections a day,
Conte also had particular words for youngsters.
“You have to do your part. You have to commit yourselves to the
rules of caution that will allow you to protect your health and the
health of the people you love,” he said.
Italian Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said more than 5,000
extra classrooms had been created to give pupils more space.
Nevertheless, some southern regions like Puglia and Calabria
already postponed the reopening until September 24, over concerns
they were not ready to meet all the new requirements.
Italian officials said the back-to-school strategy involved
immediate quarantine of those “in close contact” with a student or
teacher testing positive.
After a positive result, pupils will be allowed back to school
only after returning two negatives, carried out a day apart.
AFP
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