A special report commissioned by the state government on the infection rate in schools still considers unreasonable corona tests in Thuringia's schools to be unnecessary.
Children and adolescents contribute to the pandemic - as do unvaccinated adults, the scientific advisory board notes in the report, which is dated Thursday and is available to the German Press Agency.
Erfurt - In contrast to adults, children and adolescents very rarely became seriously ill.
"Because children themselves cannot become seriously ill and adults cannot be vaccinated, quarantine measures can in principle neither be justified for self-protection nor for third-party protection," says the special report. According to this, among other things, non-event-related tests several times a week “can no longer be well justified”. The costs for this would also be disproportionate to the “benefits erroneously expected by the public”.
The state government commissioned the special report when it became known at the beginning of the week that the corona incidences in children and adolescents - especially in the younger age groups - have risen sharply.
On Monday, the seven-day incidence - i.e. the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week - was 290.6 among 5 to 14-year-olds.
The test strategy in schools has meanwhile also led to unrest in the red-red-green coalition.
The SPD parliamentary group decided on Wednesday to convene the coalition committee on the issue.
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