Get children ready for school – is the
\nmessage Romanian president Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday conveyed to parents. However,
\nthe president has pointed out that Romania still hasn’t got rid of the pandemic
\nalthough the infection rate diminished in the last weeks. According to him, citizens
\nmust still comply with prevention rules, wear masks and keep social distancing.
\nFurthermore, the resumption of face-to-face school will be done in accordance
\nwith the infection rate in every region and strict measures are in place for
\nevery school so that students and teachers may come back to school in good
\nconditions. <\/p>\n
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Klaus
\nIohannis:
\nKindergartens and 1-4th graders
\nwill have face-to-face classes almost everywhere, except for the regions in
\nquarantine. All children are allowed to go to schools in the regions with a
\nlower infection rate. Where some cases have been reported, only kindergartens, 8th
\nand 12th graders are returning to schools and where the infection
\nrate is higher only kindergartens and 1-4th graders are allowed to come
\nback to school, the rest are taking online courses. <\/p>\n
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At present over three quarters of the Romanian
\ncounties have a Covid-19 infection rate under 1.5 cases per thousand. Bucharest
\nhas an infection rate of 3 per one thousand, which means that kindergartens are
\nopen as well as schools for students in the 1-4th grade and for high-schoolers
\nin their last year. According to Prime Minister Florin Citu, the reopening of
\nschools is a step towards normalcy. The Romanian official has given assurances
\nthat such a move will be made by means of a well-established plan of measures
\ndrawn up by the Ministry of Education jointly with the Health Ministry for the
\nprotection of students and the personnel in the country’s education system. In
\nturn, education Minister Sorin Campeanu said that students are allowed to sit
\nin desks and the plastic protection shields used by some schools in autumn will
\nbe scrapped. However, the official considers face-covering in schools as essential.
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Opposition PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu says the
\npresident’s announcement on the resumption of schools was long-awaited, but he
\ncriticized the timing and the shortage of funds caused by the passing of a new
\ndraft budget. ‘Authorities must buy medical equipment wherever needed, because
\notherwise we are opening schools only to close them down again later’, the PSD
\nleader went on to say. The Social-Democrats have called on the Prime Minister
\nto go to the Chamber of Deputies for talks over the state budget and the
\nmeasures to freeze salaries in state-owned institutions. The Social-Democrats
\nhave also invited Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu for talks. <\/p>\n
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