Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has risen one place to fifth in the annual KidsRights index, drawn up by global NGO Kids Rights Foundation which monitors how children’s rights are being respected and improved. The coronavirus pandemic has had a ‘devastating impact’ on children worldwide, the Netherlands-based foundation says. ‘With the ongoing global pandemic, we had to address the devastating impacts and outcomes of Covid-19, and it has unfortunately exceeded our predictions at the outset last year,’ founder and chairman Marc Dullaert said. ‘Research on the Netherlands too implies that child abuse intensified during the first lockdown in the country in spring 2020, and that the number of victims of emotional neglect went up significantly,’ the report said.

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Closing schools to force parents to work from home was simply wrong, says union
2 years, 2 months ago

Closing schools to force parents to work from home was simply wrong, says union

NL Times  

The second coronavirus-related school closures in the Netherlands in mid-December 2020 caused “confusion and frustration among parents” because the Cabinet said the closures were to let parents work from home, not to protect the children, the Dutch Safety Board said in its second coronavirus report on Wednesday. “This report confirms that the school closures were also taken to force parents …

Netherlands must prepare society for future Covid waves: Advisory bodies
2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands must prepare society for future Covid waves: Advisory bodies

NL Times  

We have to learn to live with the coronavirus, so the government must prepare society as soon as possible for the next phase of the pandemic, 14 agencies, including the Scientific Council for Government Policy, said in advice to the Cabinet. Among other things, the Netherlands must invest in good digital infrastructure so that the switch to online classes and …

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'
2 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is poorly prepared for a new surge in coronavirus infections in the autumn because of failures to put basic safety measures in place such as ventilation in schools, health experts have warned. ‘Covid care isn’t rocket science,’ Armand Girbes, head of intensive care at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital.’ It’s more efficient to concentrate healthcare rather than implement it …

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'
2 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is poorly prepared for a new surge in coronavirus infections in the autumn because of failures to put basic safety measures in place such as ventilation in schools, health experts have warned. ‘Covid care isn’t rocket science,’ Armand Girbes, head of intensive care at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital.’ It’s more efficient to concentrate healthcare rather than implement it …

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat
2 years, 8 months ago

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat

News 18  

Schooling has been a matter of enthusiastic, and often passionate, debate since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. The second cause of worry is the assumption that with schools being open, children would infect each other and spread it to their teachers or carry it home and infect the adults, especially the grandparents who we do know have a higher …

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand
2 years, 8 months ago

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand

News 18  

With a rise in the number of school-going children catching coronavirus in India, especially in Delhi and neighbouring areas, the demand to shut schools and cancel exams is back. The virus spread irrespective of opening of schools,” believes Naman Jain, Education Expert and Director, Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad, who is currently running the school in accordance with strict Covid-19 protocol. …

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home

India Today  

Weeks after the Omicron cases subsided across India, coronavirus is once again on the rise. Parents and teachers can keep a few things in mind to keep children safe both at school and at home as new cases pop up. How to keep children safe from Covid-19 in schools, at home? Graphic: Pradeep Singh Saini Health experts have urged schools …

Coronavirus updates | February 11, 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus updates | February 11, 2022

The Hindu  

Noting that the decision on third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all adults will be taken based on scientific need, the government on Thursday said emerging knowledge on the subject is under its active consideration. Here are the updates : National WHO chief scientist: pandemic has not ended as more variants expected The World Health Organization's chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, …

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF
2 years, 10 months ago

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF

India Today  

Keep schools open amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said an official statement released by UNICEF. Also, World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra said that there is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the UNICEF Recommendations to reopen schools …

Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources
2 years, 10 months ago

Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources

India TV News  

With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country. Sources have told ANI that, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked the National Expert Group to suggest ways and work on modalities to open schools nationwide. Top sources have also told ANI that …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Schools are reopening and vaccines are part of the preparation. Here are some of your common questions ahead of the big day
2 years, 11 months ago

Schools are reopening and vaccines are part of the preparation. Here are some of your common questions ahead of the big day

ABC  

Millions of Australian children are gearing up to return to school for term 1, as states and territories begin to outline their back-to-school COVID plans. Experts say COVID-19 vaccination is especially important for children with underlying medical conditions — such as heart or lung disease, diabetes, obesity and severe asthma — who have an increased risk of severe COVID-19. In …

Coronavirus cases up by 21% but hospital admissions still falling
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases up by 21% but hospital admissions still falling

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections in school-age children more than doubled in the week after schools reopened following the Christmas holidays. The total number of infections was up by 21% in the second week of January, far lower than the previous week’s 77% increase, but the trend was much stronger in younger age groups. In total 242,961 people tested positive in the seven …

Will consider demand for school reopening in 10-15 days: Maharashtra health minister
2 years, 11 months ago

Will consider demand for school reopening in 10-15 days: Maharashtra health minister

India Today  

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday the demand for reopening of schools in Maharashtra will be considered after the next 10-15 days in light of students suffering education loss and the low incidence of Covid-19 infection in children. Speaking to reporters, the health minister said, "Demands are rising from certain quarters for reopening of schools as children are …

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director
2 years, 11 months ago

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director

The Hindu  

There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Talking about the impact of school closures due to the pandemic in India, Mr. Saavedra said the "impact is more severe than …

'No evidence that reopening schools caused Covid surge': World Bank Education Director
2 years, 11 months ago

'No evidence that reopening schools caused Covid surge': World Bank Education Director

India TV News  

Highlights There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of pandemic: World Bank official There is no relation between opening schools and spread of coronavirus, he said. There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to …

Over-fours to be offered coronavirus vaccine from January 25: ANP
2 years, 11 months ago

Over-fours to be offered coronavirus vaccine from January 25: ANP

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is to start inviting vaccinating children aged five to 11 in the week of January 25, public health institute RIVM has told news agency ANP. The cabinet took the decision to extend the vaccination programme to all younger children last month, following recommendations from the national health council Gezondheidsraad. In particular, vaccination will slash the risk of possibly …

Over-fours to be offered coronavirus vaccine from January 25: ANP
2 years, 11 months ago

Over-fours to be offered coronavirus vaccine from January 25: ANP

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is to start inviting vaccinating children aged five to 11 in the week of January 25, public health institute RIVM has told news agency ANP. The cabinet took the decision to extend the vaccination programme to all younger children last month, following recommendations from the national health council Gezondheidsraad. In particular, vaccination will slash the risk of possibly …

Cabinet to decide today if schools will reopen next week
2 years, 11 months ago

Cabinet to decide today if schools will reopen next week

NL Times  

The Cabinet will decide on Monday if children will be allowed to return to school next week. The Cabinet last month ordered all primary and secondary schools to close one week before the Christmas holidays due to the rapid emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. During that press conference, RIVM director Jaap van Dissel also predicted that …

Unicef joins 60 organizations calling on Cabinet to reopen schools on January 10
2 years, 11 months ago

Unicef joins 60 organizations calling on Cabinet to reopen schools on January 10

NL Times  

A group of 60 organizations, including Unicef, said it would be unacceptable for schools to remain closed after the winter vacation because of the coronavirus pandemic. During the most recent press conference, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said schools could be closed beyond the winter break, which is set to conclude on January 9. "Education …

Amsterdam schools fed up with slow Cabinet Covid policy
2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam schools fed up with slow Cabinet Covid policy

NL Times  

Many of the 220 primary schools in Amsterdam plan to welcome Group 8 students back to classrooms immediately after the winter vacation ends on January 9, regardless of the Cabinet's pending decision to keep schools closed as part of the ongoing lockdown. When one considers that the students will have to work towards concluding primary school, select their secondary school …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Half of young people experience mainly negative effects from Covid crisis
3 years ago

Half of young people experience mainly negative effects from Covid crisis

NL Times  

Nearly half of young people think that the coronavirus crisis mainly negatively affected their lives. The researchers submitted a questionnaire to over 8,000 young people aged 12 to 25 from early February to mid-April this year. Over a quarter of young people in education missed going to class or the lecture hall. Almost half of the young people in education …

Lockdown extension, school closures likely announced in Covid press conference tonight
3 years ago

Lockdown extension, school closures likely announced in Covid press conference tonight

NL Times  

In a press conference on Tuesday evening, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge will announce what the coronavirus restrictions will look like over the holiday period. Only drug stores and supermarkets can remain open until 8:00 p.m. Netherlands residents are also urged not to receive more than four visitors per day. Before the press conference …

Dutch evening lockdown will likely be extended into 2022: Report
3 years ago

Dutch evening lockdown will likely be extended into 2022: Report

NL Times  

The current slate of coronavirus restrictions will be extended at least until January 1, sources close to the Cabinet told NOS. The decision to extend the evening lockdown was based on advice from the Outbreak Management Team, which was discussed by several Cabinet members on Sunday afternoon. Additionally, there will be no change to the maximum number of household guests …

Dutch Health Council recommends allowing Covid vaccines for all young children
3 years ago

Dutch Health Council recommends allowing Covid vaccines for all young children

NL Times  

Healthy children aged 5 to 11 should also get the opportunity to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Health Council advised on Friday. In its letter to the Ministry of Health, the Council said the medical benefits of vaccination "are offset by relatively limited drawbacks." The Health Council said that vaccination could prevent the multi-organ inflammatory reaction some children have …

Young children with higher medical risk can receive Covid vaccine this month
3 years ago

Young children with higher medical risk can receive Covid vaccine this month

NL Times  

Children between 5 and 11 years old who have certain serious medical risks can soon receive a Covid-19 vaccination. This is especially the case with children who suffer from conditions such as severe asthma, chronic lung disorders, heart issues like congenital defects, and serious developmental disorders. De Jonge has asked the GGDs to set up "at least one vaccination site …

New Dutch coronavirus restrictions take effect today
3 years ago

New Dutch coronavirus restrictions take effect today

NL Times  

The new coronavirus measures Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced on Friday will come into effect today. Along with the previously mentioned restrictions, an evening lockdown will begin lasting at least three weeks to lower the rising number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands. Children in primary schools groups Six, Seven, Eight, and secondary school …

Closing schools again unfairly punishes kids: School leaders
3 years, 1 month ago

Closing schools again unfairly punishes kids: School leaders

NL Times  

While closing schools may help reduce the number of coronavirus infections, it would be terribly unfair to the children, according to primary schools' organization PO-Raad. On Wednesday, the PO-Raad, secondary schools' organization VO-Raad, university association VSNU, and education union AOb called on the Cabinet to prioritize education staff for Covid-19 booster shots. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer asked the Cabinet to …

Outbreak experts advised keeping schools open: report
3 years, 1 month ago

Outbreak experts advised keeping schools open: report

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Cabinet to keep all levels of education open, sources told NOS. While there are many coronavirus infections in schools, the OMT believes the government must do everything in its power to keep the schools open. The PO-Raad, the umbrella organization for primary schools, also urged the Cabinet to keep schools open. New infections have …

Health chief does not expect winter curfews despite coronavirus case rise
3 years, 2 months ago

Health chief does not expect winter curfews despite coronavirus case rise

Dutch News  

New shop and school closures, or a curfew, are not likely to be imposed in the Netherlands this winter, despite the surge in new coronavirus cases, Jaap van Dissel, head of the government’s Outbreak Management Team, has told the AD in an interview. Thanks to vaccination, the Netherlands is in a ‘different situation’ to last year and the Delta variant …

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study
3 years, 2 months ago

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study

India TV News  

The schools need to be reopened in a phased manner, suggested the Indian Council of Medical Research in its latest study. In the opinion piece that has synthesized scientific evidence from within India and abroad on the justification for reopening of schools, experts said knowing that COVID-19 transmission is an "over-dispersed" phenomenon, testing strategies in schools could serve as key …

Coronavirus had a profound impact on children's education. Here's how one London school plans to catch them up
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus had a profound impact on children's education. Here's how one London school plans to catch them up

ABC  

Errol Comrie is determined the pandemic will not stop any of his students from sitting exams and "getting a chance in life," but it all relies on them passing another test they cannot study for. Key points: Disadvantaged UK students lost up to three months of learning during the pandemic Kids from higher income households were only behind by two …

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection
3 years, 3 months ago

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection

NL Times  

If a child in primary education turns out to have the coronavirus, their whole class no longer has to go home from Monday. However the council, which represents primary schools in the Netherlands, emphasized that schools must receive proper guidance from the GGD in determining who should and should not go home after an infection in the classroom. Over the …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (September 14)
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (September 14)

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is scrapping most of the remaining coronavirus regulations on September 25. Coronavirus passes The use of a QR code which states whether the carrier has been vaccinated, is immune through infection or has had a negative coronavirus test within 24 hours, will become compulsory for everyone over the age of 12 at most places where large groups …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (September 14)
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (September 14)

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is scrapping most of the remaining coronavirus regulations on September 25. Coronavirus passes The use of a QR code which states whether the carrier has been vaccinated, is immune through infection or has had a negative coronavirus test within 24 hours, will become compulsory for everyone over the age of 12 at most places where large groups …

Child coronavirus cases fall in L.A. County even as schools reopen, but concerns remain
3 years, 3 months ago

Child coronavirus cases fall in L.A. County even as schools reopen, but concerns remain

LA Times  

Kaleigha Smith, 12, is tested for the coronavirus by medical assistant Laila Benamar before class at Northridge Middle School on Aug. 11. “We are hopeful that, with close attention to strategies that reduce the risk of exposure both at schools and in the community, we can continue to see lower case rates across all age groups,” L.A. County Public Health …

Voorburg primary school closed due to Covid-19 infections
3 years, 3 months ago

Voorburg primary school closed due to Covid-19 infections

NL Times  

A primary school in Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, had to close its doors on Tuesday, in the second week of school this academic year, due to coronavirus infections. "There are so many infections at De Driemaster primary school that we had to send all classes home," school director Ewald van Vliet said to Omroep West. According to Van Vliet, at least ten …

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break

NL Times  

Now that schools are open again throughout the country, they have immediately become an active place for the coronavirus to spread. One in eight coronavirus infections last week, 12.5 percent, was contracted at an education or childcare facility. In The Hague and the surrounding area, 34 primary school classes were sent home in that first week, the local branch of …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 3 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say

Dutch News  

Government health advisors are recommending that primary schools do not send home entire classes if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus, Trouw reported on Monday. However, Trouw says, the Outbreak Management Team which advises the government on dealing with the pandemic, is recommending that only pupils who have ‘close contact’ with the affected child be sent home. The current rule …

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert
3 years, 3 months ago

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Ministry of Health to relax the coronavirus measures for primary education as of September 20. This new school year, the rule still applied that an entire classroom must stay home if one child tested positive for the coronavirus. The OMT stated that the Cabinet can responsibly announce around September 20 that from now on …

The prognosis for school reopenings
3 years, 3 months ago

The prognosis for school reopenings

The Hindu  

Schools began opening in a phased manner across several Indian States on September 1. Editorial | Learning safely: On schools reopening Mathematical models With schools opening across India, will we observe an increase in cases in school children? We start with children at home and then study how cases spread in children and in adults when schools open. Findings of …

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO

India TV News  

As millions of children return to school for the new academic session, vaccinating teachers and other school staff against Covid-19 disease can help make schools a safe place against the infectious disease, the World Health Organisation and Unicef said on Monday. Children aged 12 years and above who have underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk of severe …

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?
3 years, 4 months ago

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?

LA Times  

Julie Silk works with her kindergarten students in the classroom at Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy in Altadena. Among the nation’s three most populous states, the rate for new daily pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 per 100,000 children in Florida is 1.28; in Texas, it’s 0.53; and in California, it’s 0.21. The best way to keep children safe, in schools …

Chhattisgarh schools to reopen from tomorrow, parents unhappy
3 years, 4 months ago

Chhattisgarh schools to reopen from tomorrow, parents unhappy

India Today  

Classes 10 and 12 of government-run and private schools in Chhattisgarh will reopen from Monday with 50 per cent attendance, for which the prerequisite is that the Covid-19 positivity rate of the district concerned should be one per cent for the last seven days. In order to restart the physical classes for the students of Classes 1 to 5 and …

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

The debate is contentious. Children, the data reveal, represented 14.2 per cent of all Covid cases and accounted for 1.3-3.6 per cent of total reported hospitalizations in the United States. In the pre-Covid year of 2019, 47 per cent children lacked access to education and/or health, which shot up to 56 per cent during the pandemic, according to UNICEF data. …

How has the pandemic affected children's mental health? AIIMS professor explains
3 years, 5 months ago

How has the pandemic affected children's mental health? AIIMS professor explains

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic put a lot of pressure on the mental health of people, but it was especially hard on children with schools closed for months on end, and restrictions on being able to play with or meet friends and peers. Dr Rajesh Sagar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi and Member, Central Mental …

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