“We have alleviated all measures in schools so that students and teachers have a teaching activity as close as possible to normality in schools at this moment”, with the mask being the “only measure that remains”, said Graça Freitas, at a conference of press at the Directorate-General for Health in Lisbon.
Graça Freitas explained that the use of a mask is segmented according to the risk and the ability of children to bear its use, noting that under the age of five it is not recommended and that between 6 and 9 years old it is optional.
“It is only the older ones, from the age of 10, who are recommended to wear a mask”, she underlined.
The director-general of Health noted that children and young people have great immune protection, either because they had the disease (about 51% between 6 and 17 years old) or because they are vaccinated, and there are still situations in which they had a dose or two doses of the vaccine and had the disease.
However, she said, “there is still a large number of susceptible people in schools” and, despite the fact that Covid-19 in children is “usually mild, the fact is that they are vectors of transmission of the disease.
Ms.Freitas,,just gag the children while people in restaurants,bars and discos can breathe freely
By DK from Lisbon on 13 Apr 2022, 17:16
This woman is beyond my senses.
So teachers of under 10 year olds can handle Covid, but teaching over 10s need protecting by gagging young minds.
When is she going to be replaced by someone who cares?
By Joe from Alentejo on 14 Apr 2022, 05:55