In a morning press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the official affirmed that there is NO evidence that the reopening of schools has increased COVID-19 infections in the country.
No COVID infections in schools? This was expressed by the official
“For the fourth consecutive week, the reduction of estimated cases in the country has been maintained and accelerated. We had announced it for a month and a half and we look forward to seeing it consistently and at a fast pace. We started with a reduction of 26% and this trend is expected to continue. “Hospitalization is decreasing, it has a clear trend of reduction, hospitals are beginning to be vacated and fewer people are admitted than those who are discharged.”
Gatell ensures that the SEP has NOT detected COVID anomalies
After the reopening of schools for face-to-face classes on August 30, López-Gatell commented that a monitoring in coordination with the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) shows that “in the entire territory so far there is no evidence that schools are reopening has resulted in an increase in important cases ”.
The Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion said that since the beginning of the epidemic. “The representation of girls, boys and adolescents in the epidemic is considerably small in percentages less than 10 percent.”
Does the SEP contradict Gatell’s information?
However, after returning to face-to-face classes in Mexico, 39 schools ‘closed’ temporarily due to the presence of COVID cases. In addition, a total of 88 cases of contagion have been detected in the classrooms.
With this, the percentage of educational institutions in which cases of the virus have been detected corresponds to 0.06 percent.
“We have detected 88 cases (of coronavirus) from schools. What it would represent in terms of the percentage of schools in which COVID cases have been detected at 0.06 percent. However, it is worth clarifying that of these 88 schools, only 39 schools have closed temporarily. Every fifteen days, according to what is considered a recommendation, therefore it would be 0.03 percent what has been closed. That gives us a good indication that everything that is being done in this effort is fine, “Delfina Gómez Álvarez, head of the Ministry of Public Education, reported on Tuesday.
According to information from the financier, 135,230 education centers in the country opened their ports for the start of the 2021-2022 school year. Regarding the number of students who returned to the classrooms, it was 12 million 639 thousand 915.
Before the beginning of the school year, the holder of the SEP urged parents to enroll their children even if they decide not to send the child to school. This responds to identify if there is school dropout.
Another case: Edomex registers 179 COVID infections
In the first week of face-to-face classes at In the State of Mexico, 179 COVID-19 infections have been reported. Of which 84 are students and the rest of teaching staff, as well as administrative, announced the Ministry of Education of Mexico.
In Valle de Chalco, the person in charge of the direction of the University Center of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) died last week because of the disease, according to employees of the campus.
There are already 3 closures …
So far three educational centers of the Mexican entity have been temporarily closed after coronavirus infections were registered. Two of the properties are located in the Toluca Valley, according to the Secretary of Education of the State of Mexico.
“Due to the incubation time of the virus, the contagion of these cases occurred outside the schools.” This was reported by the state agency, which reiterated “the importance of any member of the educational community, who considers that they have been exposed to some risk or feel any discomfort, do not go to their educational center until any contagion is ruled out.”
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