Fifth wave COVID-19: Promotion parties and meetings in Junín schools are prohibited due to an increase in cases

The Junín Regional Directorate of Education reported that promotion parties and end-of-year meetings in all educational institutions in that region are prohibited due to the increase in coronavirus cases after the start of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the country.

“Due to all this alert that we have, unfortunately we have to make a very firm decision and be able to issue a document of ban prom parties and mass gatherings. We have two weeks left, we are at the end of the year and to safeguard the physical integrity of students, teachers and the educational community, I would like parents to understand us because in the end what we want is to take care of the health of minors ”specified the regional director of Education, Gustavo Olivera, to RPP Noticias.

According to the official, the numbers of infections in schools are increasing. Such is the case of the Tupac Amaru educational institution, in Huancayo, where classes were suspended for seven days due to infections in schoolchildren and teachers.

Promotion parties and meetings in schools are prohibited due to COVID-19 cases

According to the aforementioned medium, the provision is subject to administrative sanctions for directors in case of non-compliance. In addition, at 8 am today, this document was released to all local educational management units for the knowledge of teachers and parents.

Meanwhile, the report from the Junín Regional Health Directorate specifies that in the last 24 hours 270 new cases of COVID-19 infections have been registered, in addition there are 2 patients in the ICU and 14 in hospitalization.