The letter further conveys that the measure should be considered temporary. Members of the secretariat and the directorate, as well as a number of teachers were forced to quarantine after being in direct contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19.
However, principle Britz emphasises that these were mostly precautionary steps, underlining that the ECG is not the source of a new infection cluster. Only one confirmed infection occurred in the institution, but that sufficed to trigger the subsequent measures.
The school has now switched to remote learning until Friday, when the holidays begin. Minister of Education Claude Meisch has given his blessing to the measure. Classes will now be held via TEAMS, and pupils have to be present. Tests have meanwhile been postponed until after the holidays.
Number of infected pupils and teachers has increased, but no intra-school chains reported
“Stop the fairy tales": Teachers’ union Féduse calls for stricter measures in schools
