Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said on November 14, that a nationwide lockdown would begin on November 15, for those not vaccinated against Covid-19 or recently recovered, as the EU member fights a record surge in cases. In Ireland and Spain, teachers’ unions and some local leaders are calling on authorities to delay the return to school too.Ĭlosing schools is widely viewed as a last resort in Europe and the push to close them highlights the scale of the challenge the continent faces.ĬNN’s Chris Liakos, Livia Borghese, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt contributed to this story.A demonstrator holds a placard reading 'No to compulsory vaccination' during an anti-vaccination protest at the Ballhausplatz in Vienna, Austria, on November 14, 2021, after a Corona crisis' summit of the Austrian government. In Germany, schools switched to remote learning in mid-December a decision on whether to continue with that is due on Tuesday. “It’s useless to reopen the schools just to close them again after a few days,” Sandra Zampa, Italy’s undersecretary for health, said in a radio interview on Tuesday. Kindergarten and primary school students in Italy are to return to school as expected on January 7. Its high schools will reopen on January 11, with 50% of the students being taught in class and 50% being taught remotely. Johnson also said that GCSEs and A-Levels – the key standardized tests for 16- and 18-year-olds – would not be able to go ahead as planned at the end of the academic year. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Hollie Adams/Getty ImagesĮurope has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. The full student body will return on September 14th. A limited number of students returned to the school today as it began a phased reopening after the height of the coronavirus pandemic. LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Year 7 students practice social distancing measures at City of London Academy Highgate Hill on Septemin London, England. The UK government was initially reluctant to shut schools, attracting heavy criticism from teachers’ unions when it insisted that they would reopen as planned this week, following the Christmas holidays.īut on Monday evening, the Prime Minister announced that all primary and secondary schools would close, with students moving to remote learning instead. “We stay home for these few days, and on January 11 we return to the current situation with our schools open.”Īt the heart of many of Europe’s restrictions are school closures. “Covid-19 cases are still high and the pressure on the national health system continues,” Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said in a press briefing on January 2. “We need to restrict contact more strictly…we ask all citizens to restrict contact to the absolute minimum,” Merkel said.Īnd in Greece, the government has imposed a strict – but brief – lockdown, from January 3 until 6 a.m. People will only be permitted to meet one other person outside of their own home. Under the new measures, all non-essential stores, restaurants, schools and nurseries will be required to remain shut. “We will have to harden measures,” Chancellor Angela Merkel told journalists following a meeting with Germany’s 16 regional leaders in Berlin, warning that hospitals across the country were already overwhelmed, particularly intensive care units. Germany’s government announced Tuesday it will extend the country’s national lockdown – which had been due to end on January 10 – until the end of the month and will tighten restrictions on movement. Military vehicles patrol on Piazza del Popolo in central Rome on December 31, 2020.
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