For whether they were necessary to close schools across the country after the streptococci cases talked to SKAI its chairman EYE; Christos Hadjichristodoulouclearly expressing his disagreement with that decision.

“I am vertically opposed to the closure of schools. There is no such directive from EDY, this is not useful. This decision is made by municipalities. It all started with the Municipality of Athens, which closed 4-5 EPAL schools with a case of meningitis that proved to be encephalitis. It was wrongly written that the municipality made the decision with EDY, had no consultation with us, ” as he pointed out.

“This germ does not survive on surfaces, in half to one hour it has died.”

“We do not close schools and do not disinfect, no need. EDYY does not recommend closing schools, is a heavy public health measure and we must apply it with sparingly and where it should be. ” stated to explain:

“First of all, we had and we will have a streptococcus cases. Streptococcus makes an infection from mild to very serious. Rarely do we have the serious infection, the so -called “penetrating” streptococci. Very often we have streptococcus as tonsillitis. And you may have experienced or even your children. All pediatricians have often faced streptococci. So we have these two forms. “

“This germ does not survive on surfaces. In half an hour he has died on his own, so it makes no sense to do these sprays. What makes sense is firstly children who have to stay at home until at least 24 to 48 hours of antibiotics are not transmitted. Also, class cleaning, but always recommended, and to boost their individual hygiene, which means good hand washing, and above all always alert parents