“No disinfection, nor do schools be closed,” said ESY President Christos Hadjichristodoulou.
Authorities are in increased alert as cases streptococcus are located in various parts of the country, leading to temporary closure school units For preventive reasons, today Monday.
To Kalamaria Thessalonikiclosed will remain the school complex in Skra Squarein which the 5th and 13th Primary Schoolas well as the 27th kindergarten. Closed will be the Indoor gym of the band. Also they will not work the 2nd Primary School and 9th kindergarten in the same area.
To Delta Municipalityafter four incidents found in schools of Cylinder and her Sindupreventive disinfection are performed, while in the Oreokastro Municipalitycase was detected in 6th kindergarten.
To Serresclosed will remain the 4th and 17th Primary Schoolthe 8th and 25th Primary Schoolas well as the Music School of Serres.
To Atticathe 1st and 5th Kindergartens of Byron They will not work preventively.
Finally, at Cretewill not work today the Kastelli Kindergarten in Minoa Plain Municipalitywhile cases have been identified in 2nd Kindergarten Atsipopoulou Rethymnon.
ESDY President: No disinfection, nor do schools be closed
For his part, however, the president of the EYE; Christos Hadjichristodoulouhe says that schools do not need to be closed or disinfect.
“It is understandable for municipalities and parents wanting to do something to protect their children, but they will not protect and they are certain. And they can even expose them. So she doesn’t have to close school, no disinfection is needed, she doesn’t benefit at all, she can do bad. Prayer: To stop closing schools and stop disinfection, “Mr Hadjichristodoulou told ERT.
“What do we need to do if we have a case in a class? First, the case must remain at home at least 24 hours after taking antibiotics to stop broadcasting and then going to school. At school enhanced individual hygiene such as hand washing, avoiding children sharing objects and increased cleanliness, “he added.
“Is it a place to close school with one or more outbreaks of streptococcus in a class? No he has no place. To explain why: Streptococcus, meningitis, do not survive in the environment, do not survive on surfaces. If you remember about Covid we said he survives a little on the surfaces. This germ does not survive, it needs the body to do it, “he said.
“We as EDYY, because we saw that in European countries and here we had an increase after Covid, we set up a recording system for serious forms, for penetrating. In 2023 when we set up the network we had 90 cases, in 2024 we had 68 and by 22/5 we have about 24 cases. The mortality is high, it is high, it is about 25% .1 In the 4 people who are about to die but it is the penetrating form. At the same time we have hundreds of other cases that do not have the severity of the penetrating form of Streptococcus, “the EDY president emphasized.
According to the President of EDYY, “if we are talking about a penetrating form of streptococcus, the child is very fallen. It starts with sore throat and fever and makes high fever. So parents the next thing to do, if we have cases in a school, be alert and with the slightest symptom in their pediatrician. So are teachers and teachers. “
Christos Hadjichristodoulou also divides the outbreaks into serious and less seriously: “The serious ones are very heavy and evolve in a very fast time and have a 25%mortality. If you remember last year we had two deaths in Ilia last year, ”he recalls.
EDUS instructions
According to EDY, Group A streptococcus is transmitted through:
- Of infected droplets from patient secretions
- Of contact with contaminated surfaces
- Contact with contaminated skin lesions
- By healthy carriers of the bacterium
Group A streptococcus is much more easily transmitted than people who are coincidental and ill, than by healthy bacterium carriers.
Prevention measures of streptococcal infection by the pyogenic streptococcus include:
- Proper application of hygiene and hand hygiene rules
- Applying Personal Protection Measures
- Avoid synchronicity and proper ventilation of spaces
- Correct cleanliness and disinfection of surfaces and frequently used objects, according to the instructions of the specialists
- Limiting people who are sick in home hospitalization, at least for a 24 -hour period after the start of their antibiotic treatment
Source: Skai
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