(ANSA) - TURIN, 03 MAR - From Monday 8 March the teaching activity of second and third middle schools and high schools, in Piedmont, will take place in 100% dad, for 15 days.
On Friday, in the light of data from over thirty Piedmont health districts, the Region will extend distance learning also for lower school levels and orders in areas where the incidence of infections exceeds the alert threshold (250 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants) or where the other parameters in implementation of the new Dpcm, or the certified presence of a variant with restrictive actions already implemented and the sudden increase in infections in the last week.
The Turin area, but also the Cuneo area, Vercellese and Vco are "special observers" in Piedmont.
This was stated by the governor Alberto Cirio and the councilor for education, Elena Chiorino, commenting on the decision to activate distance learning for students of the second and third middle and high schools.
"The English variant is present in a widespread way throughout Piedmont in half of the cases, has a very high diffusion speed and affects the young sections of the population more - they add -. For this reason it is necessary to intervene quickly. health, we will try to safeguard as much as possible the teaching in presence in the range from 0 to 6 years, for disabled students and laboratories. We know how difficult it is for families and the effort that all parents have to face.
We have received guarantees from the Government on the immediate activation of parental leave and baby sitter bonuses ".
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