Testing in schools: Prague deals with the distribution of tests and the change of quarantine
“The child population is still largely unvaccinated, thus, the delta mutation, which is now prevalent, is spreading quite rapidly, especially in the pediatric population. So Prague will fall into the set of districts that will be tested on Monday, “said Šimral.
The city management, together with the individual town halls, is currently dealing with the delivery of antigen tests in the city districts. The metropolis will receive the tests from the State Material Reserves Administration. The threshold for mandatory testing is set at more than 300 new cases of covidem-19 infection per 100,000 population in the last seven days in the district. Self-sampling antigen tests from the front of the nose are used for testing.
Quarantine
Šimral reiterated Prague’s request that in the event of a covid in the classroom, only a sick pupil should be quarantined. The other children would stay in the classroom, be tested and adjusted to the lessons. The start of classes and breaks would be postponed so that they do not meet pupils in other classes at school.
At the same time, the city will negotiate with the Prague Water Supply and Sewerage (PVK) and the ICT to expand wastewater testing. The pilot project was launched in recent months in Prague 9 and Lysolajy. “It turns out that testing can work. In addition, there is no unpleasant part of testing, ie sampling, which can be unpleasant for children, “said Šimral. It has not yet been decided whether this method of testing has been introduced in other schools.
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Author: Reuters