The discussion about a mask requirement for elementary school children divides the Free State.
Now the next district has overturned the regulation.
The mask requirement in elementary schools divides the Free State.
Now the district of Erding has also canceled it.
The decision was made in the district office.
Update from October 25th, 8:26 pm:
District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer
burst the
bomb
at 1:14 pm on Sunday.
His spokeswoman, Claudia Fiebrandt-Kirmeyer, sent a message according to which
the
requirement to wear masks in class is
lifted in
primary schools
with immediate
effect
and until the
beginning of the autumn
break
next week
.
However, it still applies on the school premises.
In addition,
there
is
no
mask requirement
in heavily frequented areas.
With this, the
district
is disregarding the Bavarian regulation in red
corona zones
-
Erding
has been since Sunday.
Bayerstorfer's reasoning
: “So far, there has been
hardly any infection
, especially in
primary schools
in
the Erding district
.
In the current situation, I do not consider this radical measure to be appropriate for the children. ”The coordination group gave intensive advice on this.
In addition, there is the low number of cases in primary schools and the
fact that
contact persons can
still be easily managed
.
Fiebrandt-Kirmeyer also announced: “The top priority is still to avoid class divisions and to maintain classroom teaching.
Overall, the population behaves in an exemplary manner.
Original notification dated October 25, 2020
Erding
- Erding in the district have
elementary school students
now but
no masks
in the
classroom
wearing.
That has just been decided by the
Corona coordination group
in the district office.
It is an
awesome
decision
that our newspaper learned in advance on Sunday afternoon from the Corona coordination group of the district office: The
mask requirement in class
is now lifted in primary schools.
District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer
confirmed the result
.
The
CSU top politician
has
announced
a
statement
for the afternoon
.
Corona in Erding: mask requirement for elementary school students lifted - Bavaria-wide dispute
Bayerstorfer had always emphasized that
not a single case
of
Covid 19 infection was known
at a school
in the Erding district
.
He
does not want to
expose
small children to
the
mask requirement
, who are generally not considered to be
infection
drivers
.
Mouth and nose
protection
must only be
worn
inside the school building,
but not in
class.
The Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs and the Government of Upper Bavaria favor the obligation, but allow an exception in justified cases.
In itself, the obligation would have applied from Monday.
Most of the primary schools had already used them on Friday.
After Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) first lifted the mask requirement for elementary school students, some Upper Bavarian districts, such as Ebersberg, followed suit.
Others, like the district of Munich, stuck to the rule, while the Söder government warns against the lifting of the mask requirement.
(ham)