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Schools closed in Puglia, Azzolina to Emiliano: ‘Reopen immediately’

“The Puglia Region has suspended the didactic activities in presence defining the number of infections as ‘impressive’. Yet, according to what it has communicated to us, we are talking about 417 students with positive results (out of a student population of 562 thousand). The same Region has then assuming that the problem is not actually the spread of the virus inside schools but the organization of the work of the regional health system. Schools should be reopened as soon as possible, avoiding serious consequences, present and future, for students and families “. The Minister of Education writes it on social media Lucia Azzolina.

For Azzolina, therefore, “thinking of solving the problem by closing schools is a mere illusion. Because children go out, they will go out more and risk getting infected. At school, however, not only are there safety measures, but also protocols that allow control and tracking Schools reopen as soon as possible, avoiding serious present and future consequences for students and families.

“In these hours I am overwhelmed by messages of discouragement, disappointment and bitterness. The Apulian school community in recent months has worked a lot, to prepare the schools for the reopening. Demonstrating a spirit of sacrifice and responsibility. The same that today is required of all the actors institutions so as not to take away from girls and boys moments of socializing, study, commitment and growth. School is not ‘a problem’ as some have written. School is future and hope “, concludes Azzolina.

He also spoke on the matter Andrea Orlando who, without ever naming her, accuses Minister Azzolina: “The dpcm provides that the regions
they must take further measures necessary, compared to those already foreseen, to contain the pandemic with consequent responsibilities. The ministers who criticize the exercise of these powers evidently have not read the dpcm or do not share it “, wrote the deputy secretary Pd, tweeted by the head of delegation of the democrats in the government, as well as holder of the Mibact, Dario Franceschini.

Emiliano also defends the president of the Emilia Romagna Region and of the Conference of Regions, Stefano Bonaccini: a The air that pulls on La 7, when asked about the decision that provoked the tough reaction of the Minister of Education, he replied: “President Emiliano, for reasons I don’t know, has decided to close schools: he can do it, because he can restrict the decisions of the government”.

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