1,683 students (0.14%) and 68 staff (0.04%) had to be quarantined. Just like Sciensano, education sets out the figures for two weeks, but this time this gives a somewhat distorted picture: after all, the period includes the second week of the extended autumn holiday and the first week after the restart of the schools. “The real impact of the reopening of the schools will only become clear in the coming period. We keep our finger on the pulse ”, says Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA).
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By comparison, a month ago 4,964 students and 1,612 staff members had tested positive. In the two weeks leading up to the extended fall break, 24,698 school children and 1,975 staff were quarantined.
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