Around 120 schoolchildren and a dozen teachers were sent to home quarantines on Monday, the Tullner district chief, Andreas Riemer, confirmed when asked by KURIER.
Back to home schooling
Four mobile rescue teams will be in the district on Monday and Tuesday to test all of the school contacts. The evaluation should then take two to three days. As long as the lessons for the sports middle school continues through “Home Schooling”, said the Education Directorate Lower Austria.
The infection of the teacher was noticed because he felt sick on the weekend and then tested positive. Since he had been teaching at the school during the past week, the ban was now necessary, according to the district administration (BH) Tulln.
“High risk of infection”
“With contact tracing, we found that the teacher was traveling pretty much the entire school, so it made the most sense to send everyone home. Because the teacher was always in the same room with the students for an hour , the risk of infection is quite high, “said Riemer.
As long as the students and the other teachers do not experience any symptoms, they must remain in home quarantines as a precaution, but their families can move freely. Basically, the home quarantine is now valid for 14 days, only if there is a negative test result will it be lifted, said Riemer.
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