In a consultation that took place during the night (Tuesday to Wednesday) at the Association of Pediatricians, the experts decided to withdraw from the agreement to the outline of tests in the education system and ask to stop it until the morbidity decreases or at least for a week. Senior officials from the Ministry of Health also formulated a similar position and are expected to ask today at a meeting with Prime Minister Bennett to postpone the start of the implementation of the outline.
Prof. Tzachi Grossman, chairman of the Pediatrics Association and a member of the team for the treatment of epidemics: "We held consultations in light of the hospitalization data in Israel.
130 are hospitalized, 20 of them in critical condition.
Education Minister Shasha Bitton: "Everything will be done for maximum school days and minimum isolation" // Photo: Yaniv Zohar
"There was a doubling in the number of children in a difficult situation within a week from nine to 20 and we are afraid that it will increase. In addition, there is a logistical problem in hospitalizing children with Corona with an accompanying parent. There are not enough Corona rooms." That we want to stop for at least a week the beginning of the outline and even until the beginning of a decrease in morbidity. "
Remember that according to the new outline, a school or kindergarten student who is exposed to a student or a verified staff member will not be required to enter solitary confinement.
Toddlers and students will perform two home antigen tests a week - Sunday and Wednesday mornings, before school.
Those who receive a negative answer will return to the educational institution, while positive ones will be tested with an institutional antigen.
Students in Corona, Photo: Liron Moldovan
The responsibility for the new outline passes entirely to the parents, but from the beginning the suspicion between the parents and the teaching staff and staff is at its peak.
In particular, the question arises as to how much parents will take care to do the tests, since some are opposed to vaccines and tests and others face quite a few other difficulties.
For a long time now, long before the Corona, the Ministry of Education has been facing a huge shortage of kindergarten teachers (ministry facts) and assistants (local authority facts).
This has reached situations where kindergartens and daycares simply do not open due to a shortage of staff.
The corona, as mentioned, has exacerbated the situation immeasurably, and parents stay with their children at home for whole days.
This distress also exists among day care centers and nurseries.
There are currently thousands of kindergarten teachers, assistants and caregivers sick in Corona or in isolation.
Also, kindergarten teachers and caregivers whose young children are ill will also not be able to come because they will have to be cared for.
In fact, the new outline "releases" to work only those who are left at home due to the preventive isolation of their children.
It may be important, but it's a drop in the ocean.
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