Education Committee in Syria’s Raqqa to monitor coronavirus in schools
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – In light of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic that hits children and young people, School Health Office of the Education Committee in Raqqa, north Syria, set a program in order to monitor the pandemic in schools, an official of the office said on Thursday.
On October 6, a 12-year-old child was infected with coronavirus and he suffered a critical condition leading to his death, Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on its official Facebook account then.
The office holds awareness sessions on hygiene for all teachers, students and parents in schools, a nurse of School Health Office, Basem al-Sayid Rabah, said.
The health offices, which are six, conduct tours to all schools in the city and the villages in order to follow up on the suspicious cases and the symptoms shown by either teachers or students, according to the health office.
If teachers are suspected of being infected, they will be transferred to a quarantine for Covid-19 cases in Raqqa for a first swab and they will be given a three-day off. If they are tested positive, they will be granted a time-off for 15 days, according to Rabah.
If a student is suspected for being infected, either the teacher or the school management tell the family and accompany him to the nearest health center, where he will remain under monitoring waiting for the result of the swab, Rabah added.
The Education Committee implemented preventative measures against coronavirus for fear of recording infections among students and teachers in schools.
The preventative measures included sterilizing classes and public facilities, and closing schools for 48 hours after the sterilization process is over to avoid asphyxiation, according to the office.
So far, no infection was recorded in all schools of Raqqa and its villages in light of the implementation of preventative measures and monitoring, according to the nurse.
The schooldays were suspended early this year after imposing a complete lockdown by AANES as a result of the increasing numbers of the coronavirus infections in areas of northeast Syria.
Meanwhile, schools resumed their work early last week with adherence to the preventative measures.