“Pas voorbijgestreefde quarantaineregels in het onderwijs aan”
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Het Vlaams Belang vindt dat de huidige test- en quarantaineregels moeten worden herzien. Want als nu in een klas twee kinderen positief testen op het coronavirus, lijdt de hele klas eronder door in quarantaine te moeten. “Na bijna twee jaar pandemie wordt het tijd dat het mentaal welzijn van onze kinderen en het recht op onderwijs op de eerste plaats komen”, benadrukt Vlaams Parlementslid Jan Laeremans.
De strenge test- en quarantaineregels in scholen zijn absurd - zo stellen steeds meer huisartsen en CLB’s. Ouders vrezen eveneens ‘een straatje zonder einde’. Zij schreven een open brief aan bevoegd minister Ben Weyts (N-VA) om de quarantaineregels voor kinderen met een negatieve test op te heffen.
“Het schooljaar is maar net begonnen en tal van kinderen moeten alweer noodgedwongen thuis zitten”
“Onze kinderen mogen niet gestraft worden vanwege de voorbijgestreefde test- en quarantaineregels”, vindt Laeremans. “Regels moeten bovendien doeltreffend én efficiënt zijn, dit is niet langer het geval.” Als er een leerling besmet is worden immers nog steeds alle leerlingen beschouwd als ‘hoogrisicocontact’, waarbij ze in quarantaine moeten - soms zelfs tot 17 dagen, zelfs wanneer ze een negatieve PCR-test aflegden.
“Bovendien zijn de meeste volwassenen gevaccineerd en worden kinderen nauwelijks ziek door het virus”, besluit Laeremans. “Het schooljaar is nog maar net begonnen en tal van kinderen moeten alweer gedwongen thuis zitten. Dit is nefast voor de onderwijsprestaties. De Vlaamse regering moet dan ook eindelijk eens druk zetten in het Overlegcomité in plaats van steevast overstag te gaan. De quarantaineregels moeten worden aangepast aan de huidige situatie en dus versoepeld worden.”