Parents of children in green cities fear: Red city assistants will be a source of infection in kindergartens • Mother of a child in Tel Aviv: "The situation is impossible"
Parents 'and authorities' concern: Assistants and caregivers from red cities will be a source of infection for Corona in green cities.
The source of concern is that although the Corona Cabinet has imposed restrictions on some 40 red-light localities, which are assisted by those working in green cities.
Thus, for example, kindergartens in Tel Aviv employ assistants from Tira;
In Rosh HaAyin, assistants work from Elad;
The same is true in Raanana, where assistants from Bnei Brak, Tira, Jaljulia and Elad are employed.
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The reason for the continued work of these aides is that no closure has been imposed on the red cities, and those who live in them can go out and work outside the locality.
Also, if the assistants and caregivers do not come - it will not be possible to operate the dormitories and kindergartens, because the manpower is based on them.
An example of the consequences of the situation was in a kindergarten in north Tel Aviv, which was disabled due to a caregiver from the Triangle area who was diagnosed with corona symptoms.
"I'm very worried"
"This brings us to an impossible situation," says the mother of a child in a kindergarten in Tel Aviv. "On the one hand, I am very worried. The assistant lives in a red city with a lot of people infected in Corona, and yes, it is stressful." "And you will not know. On the other hand, she is an amazing girl that we all love, and she can not be prevented from making a living and I know she is trying to keep herself as much as possible."
If you want to understand how disturbing this issue is, you can understand this with a letter from the Kfar Saba Municipality to parents stating: "It is important for us that you know that we guide, sharpen and instruct all staff employed in educational institutions in the city not to get to work. Or if there is a suspicion of disease symptoms. "
The Raanana municipality also admitted that this was a problem and added: "We have no legal option to prevent them from working. We have instructed all managers to take great care in filling out a health declaration, measuring temperature, personal hygiene and wearing masks."
At the same time, the Herzliya Municipality stated that they act in accordance with the guidelines of the State of Israel and unless otherwise decided, it will be possible for workers to arrive from anywhere in the country, while adhering to the "purple mark" standard.
The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality noted that about 100 kindergarten assistants are employed who come to the city from red localities, as well as kindergarten teachers, service workers and teachers.
The Municipal Education Administration operates according to government guidelines, and at present, there is no government directive to close.
Therefore, there is no prevention for workers to come to their workplace, according to the Corona practices - including measuring fever and negating the symptoms of the virus.