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Minister Nikolay Denkov Staff: BNT
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Omicron wave will bring more sick children. The new thing is that everything is evolving much faster. The training continues in class. The ambition is to finish the term with the children at school. At the moment, the only big risk is that hospitals and intensive care units will start to fill up very quickly. If there is an infected student somewhere, we close a class, not the whole country. This was commented by the Minister of Education Acad. Nikolay Denkov in “The day begins with Georgi Lyubenov” on BNT.
About 88% were at school around Christmas. Now they are a little more at home, so there is some fear. Almost 50% of teachers have been vaccinated. Gentle tests manage to protect against large clusters of infectious. They are necessary, but they cannot completely solve the problem. I think it’s better to be twice a week, but at the moment we don’t have that many tests, he added.
As long as it’s up to me, vaccines for teachers and students will be voluntary. We will keep the deadline as expected. We expect the school year to end on schedule. We are considering whether to start the new school year earlier, around September 5, the minister added.
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