Many Bavarian high school graduates looked forward to receiving their certificates on Friday.
But in a number of schools the ceremony was changed or canceled at short notice.
Munich - Corona, largely probably the delta variant, which now controls 75 percent of the infection rate, is gaining the upper hand again - and as one of the sources, the Abi trips to Istria and Corfu are developing.
Since 25 infections of Geretsried students * became known, new ones are constantly being added:
Superspreader event: A-levels trip to Croatia or Corfu
Gröbenzell
: There have been five corona cases since the middle of the week at the Gröbenzeller Gymnasium, in the past three days 142 students from grades five to eleven have been quarantined!
Of the 118 high school graduates, around 15 are suspected of being corona, probably a large part after returning from a trip.
Headmaster Boris Hackl cannot say any more details.
The parents were removed from the celebration and the number of graduates in the hall was reduced.
"It would have been irresponsible to carry out the handover as planned," says Hackl.
Burghausen: Ten high school graduates tested positive after the trip to Corfu.
Landsberg
: There were also 20 students from the Landsberg district on Corfu to water their Abitur.
Seven of them tested positive afterwards.
It is still being clarified whether it is the delta variant.
Four students from Upper Bavaria are in quarantine in Corfu.
Landau
: 14 high school graduates from Landau high school and four contact persons are infected.
Around 60 students had been to the party mile in Lanterna / Croatia, in the same place as the Geretsried graduates and other Bavarian and Austrian young people.
The school management wanted to postpone the handover of certificates to the last day of school.
Pfaffenhofen
: 50 high school graduates from the two grammar schools in the Pfaffenhofen district were also in Lanterna.
Corona has been detected in some.
Everyone who traveled home on the bus with the infected is in quarantine.
Schongau
: Students and parents had already dressed up when the awarding of the Abitur certificates was postponed at the last moment at the Welfen Gymnasium.
Dozens of graduates had also been to Lanterna.
Rector O'Connor: "I can only apologize."
A student from the neighboring district of Garmisch received the call on Thursday evening that she had to be quarantined. According to the Weilheim-Schongau district office, high school graduates from Weilheim and Schongau grammar school who were in Croatia are affected. With the same organizer that the other graduates also drove with. 49 high school graduates were identified as contact persons, 80 percent of them are in quarantine. The tour operator, which is based in Vienna, speaks of 37 infected people in Germany.
Kempfenhausen
: Also because of Corona, the Abitur awarding in the Kempfenhausen Landschulheim (Starnberg district) was canceled at the last moment. Two students were probably infected at a party, 20 are in quarantine. Elmar Beyersdörfer, head of the grammar school: "In front of my staff and the approximately 250 participants in the high school graduation ceremony, I couldn't be responsible for organizing a potential
super-spreader
event."
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