Schoolchildren in Germany should be wearing mandatory masks and testing regularly for Covid until spring next year, the boss of the Robert Koch Institute has said.
As coronavirus figures continue to fall around Germany, several states are again opening schools in full force. Here’s where - and when - in-person classes are resuming again.
Many schools will have to switch back to online learning sooner than planned due to new 'emergency brake' measures to be voted on Wednesday. Here's why some educators say the rules don't go far enough.
Teachers' and students' representatives agree that there is a need for uniform nationwide testing rules and school closures if the 7-day incidence of infections rises above 100. Will these steps be implemented?
As government data shows that an increasing number of children are becoming infected with the coronavirus, a paediatric researcher from Freiburg University has said that more cases of "long Covid" are already being reported in this age group.
The German states announced earlier in March that they want all children to start attending school this month, regardless of their age. But a third wave of the virus is already turning these plans upside down.
Hundreds of thousands of German pupils
returned to schools and kindergartens for the first time in two months on Monday, despite fears of a third coronavirus wave fuelled by the British variant.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn urged
caution on Sunday in the face of rising coronavirus infection numbers, just as
schools across the country prepare to reopen.
Chancellor Angela Merkel listened to the emotional accounts of parents on how they are dealing with the pandemic - and assured them schools and daycare were top priority.
Some schools and Kitas (daycare) centres around Germany are set to open in early February, whereas others are playing it by ear based on the infection situation.
There is growing concern in Germany about incidents of primary school children being exposed to pornography during distance learning classes, after several such hack attacks have occurred in recent weeks.
The eastern German state of Saxony will impose drastic measures shuttering schools, kindergartens and most shops to curb transmission, after it became the worst-hit coronavirus hotspot
in the country.
Keeping the windows open
to combat Covid-19 is easier said than done as winter approaches. One German
school believes it has found a cheap and simple solution with a DIY
ventilation system designed by a teacher's scientist husband.
Unlike in Germany’s first lockdown in the spring, schools are allowed to stay open during the month of November. Yet many have still closed their doors - either voluntarily or due to quarantine measures. We take a look at who and where is affected.
Pupils should have affordable access to the Internet, schools need high speed broadband, while all teachers should have laptops, according to a new government plan.
