Rising concern of coronavirus clusters quickly forming within the island’s faculties just isn’t justified by the variety of circumstances recorded there, Training Minister Prodromos Prodromou has stated.
He additionally dismissed hypothesis that major and secondary faculties may shut earlier for Xmas this yr in order to curb the unfold of the virus.
“This isn’t even underneath dialogue,” Prodromou instructed Philenews.
“The positivity price on Wednesday was solely 0,18% in comparison with 0,80% and 0,90% which is society’s common today,” he additionally stated.
“Solely 38 optimistic Covid-19 circumstances have been detected in major and secondary faculties after 21,581 exams carried out,” he added.
Nonetheless, the Well being Ministry is worried over growing variety of college clusters fearing infections would then unfold to households.
Fast exams are carried out at each major and secondary faculties as the federal government tries to remain on prime of a resurgence of the virus and to maintain faculties open.
Well being authorities don’t say how lots of the optimistic circumstances detected from exams carried out each day by personal initiative at labs or pharmacies contain kids.