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Finland re-opened schools last week. Now they have found COVID-19 in 4 schools and set the pupils and staff in quarantine. Here in Sweden the schools and municipalities don't even inform families of corona infections in school though they still tell about lice and stomach flu. 1/
One exception to the rule is Kågeskolan in Skellefteå where a teacher died and 25% of the staff (18 people) tested positive. None of the pupils were tested. The school closed for a small while - due to lack of staff, not because of a quarantine. 2/8 https://www.lararen.se/nyheter/coronaviruset/efter-larardoden--nu-oppnar-kageskolan-igen
Another member of school staff died in Danderyd. No one was tested, no one was quarantined. 3/8 https://www.lararen.se/nyheter/coronaviruset/anstalld-pa-danderydsskola-dod-i-corona
A 51-year-old member of school staff died in Nacka. I read about it in this Finnish article and have heard about it from the families in the school. 4/8 https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006483804.html
A cleaner in a school in Kungsholmen died of COVID-19. No tests, no quarantine. I've heard about it from a parent. 5/8
A 66-year-old teacher died of COVID-19 in Botkyrka. I've read about in Twitter and in FB. 6/8
Teachers in Uppsala are upset as they are not allowed to tell pupils and parents about COVID-19 infections in school. 7/8 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/corona-pa-skolan-tystas-ner
"Principal told the staff to keep the infections secret from parents. Principal doesn't want to comment and refers us to the head of education who says no preschools in Malmö informs parents about COVID-19: "We have a strict privacy policy." 1/2
"The staff wonders why they inform of stomach flu, pinworms and headlice which can be stigmatising for many families.
– We think the coronavirus spreads mostly among adults, not in all age groups, says the municipality's head of education." 2/3
– We think the coronavirus spreads mostly among adults, not in all age groups, says the municipality's head of education." 2/3
This is a message from the education department of Stockholm and taken from a website of a school where someone died (some other schools have the same on their sites, too). Translation follows.
"Recommendations for schools on communication regarding coronavirus", "The school may be pressed to inform about the matter. It's very important the school remains as objective as possible and makes carefully considered decisions so that they won't add to concerns in society."
