After the resolutions for a gradual relaxation of the corona restrictions There is a discussion about how far the precautionary measures in schools should be reduced. The professional association of paediatricians called for the obligation to carry out corona tests in schools to be lifted and the obligation to wear masks to be reviewed. The German Teachers’ Association, on the other hand, warned against dropping all precautionary measures at once. The number of new infections and the seven-day incidence continue to fall. The pace of vaccination remains sluggish.
“Unreasonable tests should not be carried out in schools and daycare centers, the obligation to wear masks should be reconsidered in a timely manner,” said the federal spokesman for the professional association of paediatricians, Jakob Maske, to the editorial network Germany. Politicians have repeatedly made decisions that did not take the best interests of the child into account. “This has led to severe psychological impairments, but also to a significant increase in social differences.”
Teachers’ Association President Heinz-Peter Meidinger, on the other hand, told the editorial network Germany that with the current incidences in the young age groups, frequent, preferably daily tests in school are needed at the moment. “If the situation improves, you should first go down to three, then – before the Easter holidays – to one.” It is now a matter of carefully approaching normality. “There can’t be a Freedom Day for the schools any time soon.”