LAUSANNE/ZURICH (Reuters) – Getting children back into classrooms may seem like a reassuring step towards normalcy after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but for some parents in Switzerland like Audrey Razama, it’s a source of anxiety.
Didier Pittet, director of the Infection Control Programme of the University Healthcare Facility (HUG), gestures throughout an interview with Reuters on Swiss schools resuming throughout the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 8,2020 REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Swiss schools begin reopening on Monday and Razama’s 5-year-old child is because of join schoolmates. Razama, from the western town of Vevey, is rather selecting house education, stressed that her child might bring home the virus and infect her younger sis, who has a heart whispering.
Last month, parents in Denmark experienced similar angst: schools re-opened to many empty desks. France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States are likewise planning education reboots.
Switzerland, which has tape-recorded more than 30,000 cases of the coronavirus, with 1,500 deaths, is loosening its lockdown as the outbreak reduces, like other nations in Europe. Swiss health officials say kids hardly ever experience serious COVID-19 signs and hardly ever infect others.
But Razama’s fears highlight parents’ issues as federal governments inch toward normalcy: What is truly the very best way to secure their kids?
” Safety measure needs to take priority amidst all this uncertainty,” Razama, 32, informed Reuters.
While it is not understood how many parents share her concerns, an online petition to authorities in Bern consisting of Swiss Health Minister Al