The outline for the education system: Extensive opening - if the morbidity data remain low • Wearing masks in the open space will probably be abolished next week
Extensive opening of the studies is expected within a month, if there is no adverse change in the morbidity trend, says the Corona commissioner, Prof. Nachman Ash.
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For the first time since entering the Corona crisis, a timetable is presented and an action plan is published to return students to a full study routine.
The next phase of opening is expected in about a week and a half, so cancellation of capsules in fourth-sixth grades is expected, if it turns out that the cancellation of the capsules in third grade did not lead to an increase in morbidity.
In the meantime, it will be possible to cancel capsules in middle schools, but only in schools where 75% of the parents will approve their children to participate in weekly tests as part of "Magen Hinuch."
The Ministry of Health is also considering flexing the criteria for canceling the capsules in grades 11-12, so that this will be possible in grades where 65% of the students are vaccinated, and not 90% as is required today.
The last stage is expected in 4-3 weeks: if the "Education Shield" tests show that the morbidity in grades 7-10 is indeed low, it will be possible to extend the cancellation of the capsules to all these classes, regardless of the corona tests.
"We understand the need to open up the education system and understand that the disease situation is different, but on the other hand we do it with great responsibility," says Prof. Ash.
"I estimate that it will take another 4-3 weeks to examine what comes up in the tests. If most of them are normal, I assume we will expand the opening of studies further, and estimate that in about a month we will reach a full opening of the education system."
Meanwhile, next week, the Ministry of Health will discuss the possibility of allowing a stay in open areas without a mask.
This is after at a meeting of the team to deal with the epidemics this week, almost all parties to the discussion agreed that there is no real fear of infection in the open air.
