"We have taken on the responsibility of returning to presence, this is the keystone of this government", and after the holidays "we are returning to presence. We need everyone's responsibility, but this is our goal and we will do this".
Thus the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, a guest of SkyTg24.
Bianchi recalled that "where there are extraordinary conditions, with isolated outbreaks, the regional presidents and mayors can arrange isolated closures, not widespread, and in order to verify the status in that cluster. But our indication is that we return to the presence ".
"Before the holiday closure we had a very high number of positive children, 0.5% out of a total of 8 million: we had a controlled situation. It is possible that there are increases, and we are working taking this possibility into account, but the school remains the most controlled place, on which we have the utmost attention ". "For three weeks our children and young people are out of school, so we invested together with General Figliuolo to improve tracking and be safe on their return," he added.
"I believe it is appropriate that the competent health authorities reconsider the use of the FFP2 masks at school. It is clear to me that in the past the CTS had advised against their generalized use but the peculiarities of the new Omicron variant could modify this evaluation".
The president of the PNA Antonello Giannelli asks, recalling that "children who use public and dedicated transport will already have to wear them to reach schools. The numbers of infected people in the last few hours tell us that the range of children is still the most hit, probably because there are still too few vaccinated people among them ".