Pilar Alegría, Carolina Darias and Joan Subirats.
Medicine and Nursing students who cannot take the January exams due to COVID will have a “second opportunity”, as reported by the Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats, which has expressed the will of the Government to “preserve presence” in the classrooms despite the rebound in coronavirus infections.
In the press conference following the Interterritorial Council, in which they also participated Carolina Darias, Minister of Health; and the head of Education, Pilar Alegria; Subirats has indicated that all the agents involved will work “in the maintenance of the classrooms as safe spaces”, Which will require, among other measures, the use of the mask and the maintenance of cross ventilation.
“The only caveat,” he added, concerns those students who, because they have been infected, cannot attend the exam. “We are working with the universities to adopt measures and that these students do not lose the callThat they have a second chance ”, he explained.
During the press conference, Carolina Darias, also confirmed that the Government and communities have approved the return to classes in schools and institutes from January 10. The Minister of Health has stressed that the impact of the covid has been “minimal” in schools, and remember that the vaccination rate in young people already reaches 86.6 percent. In the case of minors between 5 and 11 years old, up to 28.8 percent have at least one dose.
“We can have a return to our classrooms safely and quietly. Prudence yes, but scaremongering none”Added the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría.
Covid self-diagnostic test in pharmacies
On the other hand, Darias has reported that the Government has already reached six agreements with companies that manufacture self-diagnostic tests. The objective, he stressed, is to “guarantee supply” in the face of the rise in demand for this type of product.
“This week the introduction of antigen tests in society is doubling,” explained the minister, who stressed “the importance of doing these tests through pharmacies “ and with an “affordable price”.
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