Germany Closes Two Schools In New Virus Blow
Umer Jamshaid Published August 07, 2020 | 05:03 PM
Hundreds of children were sent home on Friday as Germany closed two schools over coronavirus infections, in a new blow to hopes for a return to normality after the summer holidays
Berlin, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Aug, 2020 ) :Hundreds of children were sent home on Friday as Germany closed two schools over coronavirus infections, in a new blow to hopes for a return to normality after the summer holidays.
Just days after schools in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania became the first to reopen full time after the break, some 800 students were forced to head home from the Goethe Gymnasium in Ludwigslust after a teacher tested positive for COVID-19.
The infected teacher has not given any lessons since the secondary school reopened on Monday, but all 55 teachers will now have to be tested for the virus.
The school will remain closed until at least Wednesday, said a statement issued by the district.
Separately, 100 pupils from a Primary school in Rostock district have been placed under quarantine for two weeks after a pupil was confirmed infected.
The situation in Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania is closely watched across the country as it was the first of Germany's 16 states to reopen the school gates on Monday after summer holidays.
State education ministers had agreed in July that schools will be back in full-time operation in the new schoolyear, after offering only partial hours as the lockdown was eased.
But critics have questioned whether this would be realistic as infection rates are rising again.
The latest closures in the northern region would likely also serve as a cautionary tale as children in capital Berlin and those in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, are poised to return to school from next week.
Germany has fared relatively well in the coronavirus crisis so far, but an uptick in cases widely attributed to Germans returning from holiday has sparked concern in recent weeks.
On Thursday, the number of new cases rose above the 1,000 mark -- a level not seen since May 7.
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