Concern in schools about dengue outbreaks among students

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The proliferation of dengue cases among students and teachers is causing growing concern in many schools in the city of Córdoba and in the interior of the province. Most establishments are asking families to send their children with mosquito repellent already applied, while some are directly suspending classes due to the number of infected boys and girls.

The teachers of the morning shift at the “Paulino Francés” primary school, in the La Bonita neighborhood, in the southeast of the city of Córdoba, decided this Thursday not to teach classes for several hours due to the lack of responses after an outbreak of dengue fever among the students. . “We have two hospitalized students and constant cases of children who attend school and who after a few hours present symptoms and must return home,” said Victoria, one of the teachers at the establishment.

The Paulino Frances School, in the Ampliación Ferreyra neighborhood. (José Gabriel Hernández / The Voice)

The main demand from the educational community is for weeding tasks outside the school, which had grasslands up to one meter high. After making the claim public, they managed to get maintenance personnel to cut the weeds after noon.

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In the case of the National School of Monserrat, one of the counselors made a request to the director of the establishment to suspend Physical Education classes to prevent boys and girls from being infected with dengue by being outdoors. The request recommends the cessation of said activities until next Monday, April 8. Sports classes at “Monse” take place on the UNC Campus.

As confirmed to La Voz, several students have already been infected with dengue and others present symptoms of this disease.

The Paulino Frances School suffers from several building problems. (José Gabriel Hernández / The Voice)

In another sector of the Capital, fathers, mothers, teachers and students from the Gobernador José Álvarez school, near Sarmiento Park, held a peaceful hug to make visible the school’s building problems. One of the demands was that lawn maintenance and disinfection of the institution be carried out to prevent dengue.

Parents and teachers report that several school workers and students have already been affected by this disease.

Repellent and long pants

In the midst of these outbreaks of the disease, more and more educational establishments are asking families to send their children with repellent on before entering the classrooms.

For example, the Monte Cristo Parish Institute sent parents a statement so that all boys and girls attend school with long pants and previously applied repellent.

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At the Kumelen school they arranged for the application of repellent prior to the start of the school day and asked each child to bring an extra container to replenish the product during the day.

Eugenia Marconetto, director of this school based in the Biodiversity Park, commented: “Groups of parents have organized to have a community repellent that is administered by teachers. When it is finished, it is notified for its replacement.”

“Another of the initiatives we carry out is that the teaching staff places spirals during recess in the open gallery to prevent mosquito bites on the children,” Marconetto insisted.

At the Jesús María school, the Initial Level management team requested authorization from parents so that a repellent booster could be placed on the students before going out to the playground for recess.

Meanwhile, at the Madres Escolapias School, the mothers organized to bring repellents together. For its part, San Ramón Nonato carried out disinfections and reminded parents to regularly apply repellent for children.

Schools ask parents to send their children with mosquito repellent already applied. (The Voice)Services

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The Mater Ascripto Special Middle Level Institute developed its own protocol which highlights the disinfection with bleach of all drains, both rainwater and bathrooms. In addition, insecticide is applied before entry, during recess and subsequent exit to all classrooms.

All provincial school directors were notified that if any symptoms appear, the student in question should not attend school. And if anyone presents symptoms during the school day, they must be removed from the establishment.

The municipal schools of the city of Córdoba, at the moment, do not have any special protocol or recommendations when detecting a child with symptoms compatible with dengue.

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However, from the capital municipality they indicated that they are developing a comprehensive infrastructure plan to advance with the cleaning of school buildings, the weeding of the surrounding land, and with the delivery of talks and training to teachers so that they can be the responsible for raising awareness among parents and students about dengue.