In the future, if a case of Covid-19 infection is discovered in an educational institution, the name of the school will not be publicly disclosed, the Minister of Health Ilze Ņķele (AP) said at the press conference.
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“We don’t see the added value of publicizing the school’s name,” the politician said. According to her, this would encourage unnecessary agitation and in no way contribute to the epidemiological surveillance or the changes that the school is making, according to epidemiologists. Accordingly, in such cases, in addition to the disclosure of the name, it is possible to take other actions, including informing the school, which further provides information to the relevant municipal authorities.
Meanwhile, on the evening of September 8, Latvijas Televīzija reported that the first case of Covid-19 in an educational institution this school year was detected in Riga East Secondary School, the infection did not come from the educational institution, but experts are not yet clear where the child and his mother got it.
As previously reported, home quarantine is currently in place for the student’s closest contacts – 14 classmates and four teachers. Due to the case, the school has applied for Covid-19 tests for teachers and staff.
It has already been reported that with the start of the new school year, the first case of infection with Covid-19 has been detected in a student of an educational institution, TV3 reported on Monday. At the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC), epidemiologists have provided recommendations to the school for further action, and the epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
It is reported that the majority or 82% of schools started their studies in person this school year, while 18% of schools – in a combined way, the Minister of Education and Science Ilga Šuplinska (JKP) told journalists at a press conference.
According to a survey of schools conducted by the Ministry, which lasted from 21 August to 27 August and involved 557 schools or 83% of all general education institutions, 448 or 82% of schools plan to implement full-time studies, while 102 schools or 18% plan to attend part-time studies. in person.
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