Screening in schools, excellent response in Cagliari. The point in the other municipalities

Anti-Covid screening is proceeding in Sardinia, with more or less difficulty, to allow students to return to school after the Christmas break in complete safety as required by the ordinance signed on Wednesday by Governor Christian Solinas.

Here is the common situation by municipality.

CAGLIARI - Excellent response on Saturday from Cagliari students for the first day dedicated to screening in anticipation of returning to class on 10 January.

Four operational offices in the capital, from 12 to 18, in the gyms of via Piceno, via Koch, via Fosse Ardeatine in Pirri and via Garavetti, where numerous students between 6 and 19 years old, but also some parents and members of the decent body , underwent the swab test.

All in full compliance with the rules of distancing, with a common goal: to stem the threat of virus vectors and avert the hypothesis of distance learning. "I did not hesitate even for a moment", the comment of Enrico, 17 years old from Dettori, one of the many boys in line. “We need to return to school in presence as soon as possible, as well as safely. This is the only way to avoid the Dad hypothesis, I hope that as many people as possible join. "Sunday second day from 9 to 18.

Mattia Lasio

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SETTIMO SAN PIETRO - The municipal administration of Settimo is finding the solution to somehow organize the administration of tampons on a voluntary basis provided by the Regional Civil Protection. In a statement to the population, the mayor Gigi Puddu announces that "I would like to underline that we are managing to organize the screening thanks exclusively to the good heart of some volunteer doctors and nurses from Settimo and thanks to the precious collaboration of the Misericordia di Settimo who have made themselves available to collaborate for the good of the community. The appointment is set for Sunday 9 January, starting at 9, at the council chamber of the Town Hall, until the 340 available swabs have been used up (we had requested 680). Children must be accompanied by parents who must have the completed form delivered to the school with them ".

SINNAI - The anti Covid screening with rapid swabs for city schoolchildren kicks off Saturday at 4 pm in the council room of the Municipality of Sinnai in view of the reopening of the school year. The tests were scheduled by the Municipality until 19 and, in the following days, from 9 to 12 and from 15 to 18.30. The swabs assigned to the Municipality of Sinnai by the Ats are a thousand.

"Even the Sinnai municipal administration - explained the mayor Tarcisio Anedda - wanted to organizationally facilitate the commitment required by the region from the local health and social body, making the council room of the municipality available to the health workers and guaranteeing them timely delivery high specificity and sensitivity tests. For participation in the screening, families must refer primarily to the pediatricians who care for their children, who will be able to perform their services at the indicated municipal premises. To support the medical staff, other health professionals who wish to guarantee their voluntary commitment may intervene. I thank all the health personnel and local associations who have decided to volunteer their collaboration ".

MARACALAGONIS - The screening of city schools began at 3 pm at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Maracalagonis. The Municipality has organized the event which will end on Sunday thanks to the collaboration of volunteer doctors, nurses and voluntary associations. On Saturday, up to 5 pm, the test involved children in the nursery, kindergarten, first, second and third grade of primary school. On Sunday from 17 to 19, the tests will be reserved for children of the fourth and fifth grade of primary school.

BURCEI - The screening with rapid swabs for school groups in Burcei will be done on Sunday from 10 to 13 at the outdoor space in front of the entrance to the council chamber of the Municipality of Burcei. It will be a voluntary screening reserved for schools across the country. The tests will be administered by voluntary medical personnel. Given the limited number of anti-Covid tests provided by the ATS, priority will be given to students attending compulsory schools. From 10 to 11:30 the test will be reserved for first grade secondary school pupils. From 11:30 to 13 the test will be reserved for first grade primary school pupils. From 1pm to 2pm, if swabs are still available, screening will also be open to pupils of kindergarten and kindergarten as well as to all teachers or school collaborators working within Burcei schools.

Antonio Serreli

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SENORBÌ - Back to school, screening for students begins in Senorbì. Appointment at 9 in the vaccination hub in via Vittoria Nenni (near the "Renato Sirigu" sports field) where on Monday 10 January, the first day of voluntary screening of the resident school population will be held. From Tuesday, in agreement with the respective school administrators, monitoring will take place in the individual institutions.

Interested parties must present themselves with a health card: the consent form will be delivered at the moment. As was widely expected, Covid cases during the holidays also rose significantly in Trexenta. The municipal administrations of the area are working hard to promote initiatives aimed at mitigating the effects of the resurgence of the virus, also due to the new Omicron variant which seems to spread much faster. The aim is to protect the school population as much as possible, also considering the presence in Senorbì of schools of all levels. In recent days, screenings for students were also held in Selegas (an initiative promoted by the Municipality in collaboration with the “Lago e Nuraghe” social cooperative), Ortacesus and Guasila .

MANDAS - Between Saturday and Sunday, however, it is Mandas' turn, where the municipal administration has signed an agreement with the general practitioners (Orlando Piredda, Ettore Schirru and Riccardo Giua) and the solidarity association "La Fenice" to start the prevention project "Safe at school".

Severino Sirigu

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PORTO TORRES - Covid screening has been activated in Porto Torres, an activity aimed at school students of all levels, on a voluntary basis, but also at teachers and Ata staff so that they can return to school safely. About 2,500 students from schools, citizens, children and teenagers, who will undergo the rapid antigenic swab during the two dedicated days. In the meantime, traffic problems have arisen due to the number of cars that are concentrated in the upper part of via delle Vigne.

The spaces set up involve the Ats health workers who work thanks to the ready availability of voluntary associations, in particular the Council. The campaign was launched free of charge in the Bellieni gym in via delle Vigne and will take place on Saturday from 14 to 19 and on Sunday 9 January from 9 to 14. middle schools from 14 to 15; kindergarten from 3 to 5 pm; elementary schools from 5 to 7 pm. On Sundays it opens to high school students residing in Porto Torres even if they study away from home.

ALGHERO - In Alghero, tampons on Saturday until 7 pm, while on Sunday it will continue from 9 am to 2 pm The institutes that will make their spaces available will be the secondary school in via Biasi, the gyms in via Grandi and via Corsica and the comprehensive Institute number 2 of Alghero.

Mariangela Pala

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OSSI - Pasquale Lubinu, mayor of Ossi, is not there. Like many mayors, due to the pandemic, he is worried about the health of citizens and about ensuring a safe return to school for students and pupils after the Christmas holidays. And like other first citizens of the municipalities of Coros and the province of Sassari forced in just two days to organize the screening almost exclusively with their own means, after the ordinance of January 5 by the governor Christian Solinas. "We have been left alone: the Ats of Sassari is not able to adequately support all the municipalities. It does not have the means and human resources to guarantee sufficient assistance - ruled the mayor of Ossi Pasquale Lubinu - So after an initial loss, following the order of Solinas, as Administration we had no choice but to act independently. We were able to find doctors, nurses and staff, who with a spirit of self-denial and free of charge will guarantee screening for all pupils and students of Ossi schools , which will be held on Sunday in the gym in via Europa. During the day volunteers from the Blue Cross and barracelli will give their support. Our heartfelt thanks go to all of them. ATS has only provided us with tampons, about 800. Also as Administration - he concludes - we will deal with the disposal of the waste produced ". The screening will start on Sunday from 9 to 13 and from 15 to 19.

ITTIRI - There are 80 positives at Covid-19 in Ittiri, the main center of Coros, with over 8 thousand inhabitants. The municipal administration (with the collaboration of the didactic management) organizes for Sunday 9 January, at the gym in via XXV Luglio, a mass screening reserved for pupils, students, teaching and non-teaching staff, of the whole Ityrian school district. "A necessary effort of the Administration to ensure the resumption of teaching activities in maximum safety after the Christmas holidays - explains the mayor of Ittiri Antonio Sau -. I thank the doctors and nurses from Ichthira, who with their free commitment will make the day possible, like the body of the municipal police, civil protection and barracelli ".

TISSI - Sunday 9 January also in Tissi (2300 inhabitants), at the Cultural Center a day of mass screening aimed at the population. The initiative was organized by the Municipal Administration. "At the moment they are 40 positive - says the mayor Gianmaria Budroni -. I hope that as many citizens as possible undergo the test".

GOCEANO - Goceano is also organizing for the anti Covid screening campaign in schools. All 9 centers involved. On Sunday in Bono , from 9 to 18, at the Sports Hall, pupils and students of all schools (including commuters, teaching staff and others) of Bono, Burgos, Illorai, Esporlatu, Bottidda and Anela will be able to perform swabs. It will be a day organized between Administrations and Ats. "We have worked in synergy with the other mayors and the doctors of Usca will be employed - comments the mayor of Bono Elio Mulas -. We will therefore be able to have a picture of the situation for a safe return to school, even if clearly the best way to fight the pandemic is collective vaccination ". For pupils, students and staff of Benetutti and Nule, the appointment with the screening was on Saturday as for Bultei .

Argentine Tellini

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GONNESA - In Gonnesa, the screening of the school population ended late in the morning. Out of four hundred swabs performed, only one case of positivity was detected. The test involved pupils and staff of the two kindergartens, elementary school and middle school. "I thank the students and parents for having participated so many - said the mayor Pietro Cocco - this has allowed us to have more precise data on the epidemiological situation and, given the result, allows us to organize the return to school with a little more safety". The screening, organized by the Municipality, took place in the gymnasium of the middle school in via Dettori.

Antonella Pani

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DOMUSNOVAS AND VILLAMASSARGIA - Good news arrives from Domusnovas and Villamassargia at the end of the two days of screening in schools organized by the same municipal administrations starting from Friday: only one positive detected in Domusnovas, 5 those registered in Villamassargia. In the municipality of the caves about 650 swabs were carried out (out of the 1,100 available, among which 500 collected at the Cagliari Fair) with an accurate booking and sorting system for the various groups of students and school staff that allowed for checks to be carried out in absolute safety. "It took hard work - said the mayor Isangela Mascia - but we are satisfied. Both for the membership, which reached 90 per cent (about 600 people to be checked), and for the results, all negative except for one. More initiatives like this would be needed, in order to be more peaceful, but we would also need more support from the health authorities. "The reference is to the excessive delays with which the tracing of contacts with positives is being carried out and the big delays on confirmations of positive cases. Officially, in fact, the contagion data speaks of 48 positivity (and 11 people in quarantine) but to these must be added at least another 15 (and also as many quarantines) confirmed by the mayor after telephone calls with those directly involved.

Orderly and safe screening also in Villamassargia where between Friday and today 323 swabs were carried out which allowed to detect 5 new positivity. Also in this case the official total of infections is delayed compared to the real situation: thanks to the communications sent to the mayor by the new people positive for the virus, the 11 certified cases are actually 17. Adding the 5 positives that emerged with the screening, a total is obtained. of 22 cases.

MUSEUMS - In Museums where initially screening in schools was not foreseen because the infections already ascertained did not concern the school environment, the municipal administration has changed its mind: mass screening will be carried out on Monday in the premises of Villa Asquer. Students are expected to return to school the next day. "These are only precautionary checks - explains Mayor Sasha Sais - since no contagion we are aware of, not even unofficially, concerns students or school staff". Even in the small village of Sulcis (1,500 souls) the count of positives is very late. Thanks to direct communications with the infected, the mayor counts 35 positivity while the official figure stands at 13 cases.

Simone Farris

SANT'ANTIOCO AND CALASETTA - The screening of the student population of Sant'Antioco and Calasetta using nasal antigenic swabs took place on Saturday afternoon, starting at 3 pm at the Pala Giacomo Cabras on the city waterfront. Organized by the ASL 7 of Carbonia with the collaboration of the offices of the Municipality of Sant'Antioco, it involved on a voluntary basis the students and school staff, teaching and non-teaching, of primary and secondary schools of first and second grade present in the Municipalities of Sant'Antioco and Calasetta, including commuters. The screening took place over three shifts and the turnout was fair: there are about eight hundred out of a total student population between the two municipalities, therefore students plus teaching and non-teaching staff, of two thousand. Only one swab was positive. «Organized in two days and in a hurry, the screening went smoothly without any hitch - comments the mayor of Sant'Antioco Ignazio Locci - this thanks to the commitment, once again inevitable, of the voluntary associations and the municipal structure. Everyone gave their best to support the ASL 7 of Carbonia which, despite a moment of great pressure, took care of every single detail. We hope that this initiative will prove useful for the resumption of school in the presence and in safety. Which is exactly what we all want. We look forward with confidence, with the utmost attention, respecting the rules and collaborating in order to get out of this difficult moment soon ».

Riccardo Sanna