Rome, 1 March 2021 – From 6 March all schools will be closed in the red zone, as announced the head of the Cts Agostino Miozzo. On this, pending the release of the new Dpcm (the first of Draghi, with rules extended until after Easter) they all agree. But what to do in reinforced orange and orange zone? This is the knot that divide i ministri of the Government, meeting tonight. As far as we know, the summit would have acknowledged the indication of the Cts on the closure of all the institutions in the red zone and on the criterion of further closure, at the local level, if they are reached 250 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants even in non-red regions. But if in these cases the closure seems inevitable to everyone, it is the idea of to create the rift put all in dad even in the orange bands, more and more numerous in an Italy grappling with the fearsome variants and where commercial activities are still open.
The decision remains on standby for now, tomorrow the control room will be updated starting at 9.30. There will also be a new passage with the Regions before the signing of the Dpcm. “Then the chairman of the board will draw the conclusions“, comments Miozzo. Draghi in fact means close the dpcm anyway by Tuesday, having decided today the change of guard which saw the replacement of the emergency commissioner Arches with the general Son .
New Dpcm Draghi, here is the draft sent to the Regions. Text in Pdf
Penalty takers and aperturists
Plus it would be lit a discussion among those who, among the ministers, are in favor of closing only schools and those who, on the other hand, support the need for also close shops and shopping centers. The penalty takers object that it makes no sense to remove the contagion from the classes and allow the boys to gather in the shopping streets, but the wing of thethe aperturists hit the key of the economy. In particular the ministers Roberto Speranza, Dario Franceschini, Stefano Patuanelli, as well as the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi, would be on the same line: what is the point of closing the schools in the orange area when shopping centers are kept open, for example? Before deciding to tighten in this direction, then other possible ‘taps’ of contagion must be closed, the reasoning that takes hold at the table with Draghi.
Meanwhile, the number of schools closing is increasing. There mayor of Ancona Valeria Mancinelli announces: “From tomorrow 2 March until Sunday 14, teaching activities are suspended in all schools of all levels, including preschools and infant-toddler centers, public and private”. Except in the capital of the Marche, for now, in all other situations the school remains in the presence as already established by the provisions in force: in presence for the pupils of thechildhood, elementary and middle school while for those of superior at least 50% and up to a maximum of 75% of face-to-face teaching is requested.
Refreshments guaranteed even in local lockdowns. So the Regions fix the new dpcm
The Minister of Education Bianchi
The way is to ban sociality again, therefore, to focus on safety, because, explained the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi, “the virus is regaining altitude also for these variants that also affect our children. We are fully responsible and we are sure that with the help of everyone we will once again carry forward this country of ours even beyond this emergency “.
Prof, slow vaccinations
However, to make the school a safe place, it is necessary to increase the vaccinations of teachers, today reached 150 thousand. “Too few, things are going slowly”, accuses Antonello Giannelli, president of the National Association of Principals: “150 thousand administrations out of 800 thousand teachers who, added to the Ata, come to a million, are a bit ‘few”. And he adds: “I don’t think that teaching should necessarily be interrupted but if there are variations and many classes are in quarantine, then it means that we are keeping schools open only for a façade”. Finally, there is the chapter on leave and support for families.
Parents permissions
“I am already at work to be able to restore those tools necessary to support families in any case the schools are closed: parental leave paid overtime and the right to smart working – guarantees the minister to Equal Opportunities Elena Bonetti – We are also studying an ad hoc measure for professional workers, for VAT numbers ” otherwise “an excessive burden would be given to families” in order “to avoid what has already happened”, or rather “an increase in women’s work”.
