Nagpur: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Chairman of the Statement of Balram Bhargava about the reopening elementary school has found support from doctors and academics.
Dr.
Vagis Katariya, a pediatrician, said he agreed with the ICMR statement and felt the primary children had to be encouraged to return to the classroom.
“The receptor in our body where the Covid-19 virus hook is not present in high amounts in children and that is why transmission is very low.
Also, in my clinic, I have seen that the majority of children have antibodies even though there are currently no vaccines for them .
So, there is a very strong case to reopen elementary school and function according to standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the government for school, “said Dr.
Katariya.
Dr.
Nitin Shinde, a specialist of infectious diseases, said, “It is important to understand two things here.
One of them is that students under 11 years will not spread the virus, so adults around those who need to be vaccinated.
The second is that the school can be reopened With environmental mitigation in a place like keeping the window open and limit the number of students in class, “Dr Shinde said.
Sharma’s rituation, Principal Delhi Public School (Kampee Road), said that the main section students are ready for ‘new normal’.
“It’s more than a year and these children are familiar with the appropriate behavior of Covid.
They are aware of precautions to take and with mentoring at the school level, it will definitely be safe.
The school takes a lot of precautions and follows all the SOPs issued by the government, “Sharma said.
However, some experts say prevention measures need to be taken regardless of all these things.
Dr.
Sanjay Marathe, a vaccinology expert, said the safety of the school environment was important.
“Smaller children are not independent, thus putting many responsibilities on caregivers to take a lot of precautions.
It is clear that the school must be reopened in the end, but the safest mode is to have 70% of the local population vaccinated.
School staff must be true -Then vaccinated, “said Dr.
Marathe.
Dature Mrunalini, head of the South Public School, said it was better to do wrong on the careful side.
“ICMR data about anti-body present in most people needs to be seen locally because the situation may be different from the city to the city.
Apart from that, it will be a little difficult to manage primary children who may not always follow the rules because of their age,” Dature said.
Medicos, academics want primary children back at school
