Government reached decision: Schools won't be closed; Experts: Did it work in Italy?

"The president insisted that we consider this decision once again. I made that proposal - my opinion is that we should do it.
The profession's view is that there is no professional justification or professional basis for closing schools, kindergartens and colleges. At this point, it would be counterproductive", she states.
"At this point, we are far from school break, if the children were sitting in houses and in isolation, they would gather in other places and in that sense, we would not do anything smart and positive", Prime Minister Brnabic explained. "Despite our political insistence, we all understand the panic and I have to say hysteria in society.
There is no professional justification for the suspension of teaching. And I conveyed that, as Prime Minister, to the President of Serbia, as I am not in a position to make that decision on my own," Brnabic said to the media and the public.
She stressed that she implored parents, teachers, school principals, as well as all education staff members to understand and, most importantly, to listen to experts and follow their instructions.
"It is possible that this will change, but at this point, every day is important to us and it is smart for us to go day by day because we will have much less control if the children are out of school," she said.
After Prime Minister, epidemiologist Dr. Predrag Kon addressed the public, who emphasized that children do not transmit coronavirus, according to the latest information coming from China. "The fact is that asymptomatic reactions occur in schoolchildren, but it is not known how many. These are the facts. In such a situation, making early decisions about closing schools is a mistake, and I am firmly behind it," Kon said.
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