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España: Optimismo en las aulas: «Hemos superado el temor e incertidumbre iniciales»

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Optimismo en las aulas: «Hemos superado el temor e incertidumbre iniciales»

Han sido considerados unos de los lugares «más seguros» durante la pandemia a pesar de las desconfianzas expresadas inicialmente. Los primeros que cerraron en marzo y los que regresaron después de verano con más fuerza y protocolos de seguridad para corroborar que las aulas no eran focos de contagio.

Los datos de la situación epidemiológica en los centros educativos riojanos evidencian que se ha superado con buena nota el primer trimestre del presente curso. Ya el servicio de Inspección Médica Educativa notificó el pasado 23 de diciembre un total de 85 casos activos registrados en los colegios de la comunidad a las puertas de la Navidad, 79 de los cuales correspondían con el sector del alumnado, lo que equivale a un 0,15 por ciento de la población escolar de la región.

Por otro lado, el número de positivos por COVID-19 en las aulas ha alcanzado los 1.627 desde el comienzo del curso, lo que supone el tres por ciento de la población escolar. En el caso de los profesionales, se han notificado 149 casos positivos en total (125 docentes y 25 en personal no docente). El consejero de Educación, Pedro Uruñuela, ha vuelto a manifestar su «moderado optimismo» porque «la incidencia de la pandemia en el ámbito de la educación riojana se sigue manteniendo en parámetros muy bajos».

Desde el Gobierno regional han remarcado en numerosas ocasiones que «prácticamente la totalidad de los positivos registrados se ha producido fuera del ámbito de la escuela, principalmente en el ámbito familiar y de ocio», por lo que hablan de una «gestión de éxito» y un «desarrollo contenido del virus». El balance que hacen desde los propios centros riojanos también es positivo, aunque durante las primeras semanas de curso el sentimiento más extendido era el de «incertidumbre».

Los meses de verano fueron una carrera a contrarreloj donde la comunidad educativa se volcó para adaptarse a las condiciones y conseguir que los centros fueran realmente entornos seguros. «Ahora, cuatro meses después, podemos decir que hemos vencido el temor e incertidumbre iniciales gracias al esfuerzo de todas las partes incluida el alumnado, que desde el primer día ha acudido a clase con la lección bien aprendida, mostrando disposición y formalidad ante esta situación excepcional», aplaude el director del IES Comercio, Alfonso Ruiz.

El número de alumnos contagiados que se han localizado en el centro son 40 desde el inicio del curso de los 1.600 matriculados, «unos datos con los que se puede estar razonablemente satisfechos y que se han producido mayormente en el ámbito social y familiar, pero no en las aulas». Asimismo, el director del instituto hace una valoración sobre el trabajo de la Unidad Covid de Educación y manifiesta una falta de «mayor asesoramiento médico especializado con, por ejemplo, la presencia de un enfermero en los centros, a pesar de haber recibido materiales y tener mucho contacto con el Inspector Médico de Educación».

Una recopilación de datos ofrecida por el consejero Uruñuela plasma el trabajo de esta unidad durante tres meses que deja un total de 6.522 pruebas realizadas en 129 centros, de las cuales se obtuvieron 115 resultados positivos, lo que equivale a un 1,79 por ciento de positividad. Sin duda, la mayor incidencia se registró a mediados de octubre en el centro San Andrés de Calahorra, donde se contabilizaron una veintena de positivos tras realizar 209 pruebas al alumnado y el personal del colegio.

«Ahora no tenemos miedo porque ya no puede ir peor que aquellos días. Se sintió mucha tensión y agotamiento entre toda la comunidad educativa, pero la valoración general que hace el profesorado de aquella semana que permanecimos cerrados, manteniendo una formación ‘online’, es muy positiva», asegura el director del San Andrés, Agustín Bazo. Unos días en los que la brecha digital en los hogares también se hizo notar, «sobre todo en lo referido a la conexión a Internet, por lo que las llamadas telefónicas de los docentes fueron constantes».

Desde el colegio Salesianos Los Boscos, Jesús Esteban da su opinión acerca de las interpretaciones de los protocolos establecidos por dicha Unidad Covid: «En ellos se determinaba que si un alumno asintomático estaba esperando los resultados de la prueba, debía acudir al centro de todas formas, pero en algunos casos por prudencia y valorando cada situación en función del tipo de materia y clase alterada, ordenábamos que se quedasen en casa a la espera de tener una respuesta».

En el centro han tenido casos aislados de COVID-19, pero en ningún momento se han visto obligados a confinar ningún aula, «tan solo se han ofrecido clases ‘online’ y en directo, incluidos exámenes, a quienes debían guardar la cuarentena». Es más, la presencialidad se ha extendido por el cien por cien de los cursos y «el primer trimestre se ha desarrollado mucho mejor de lo esperado», aunque Jesús lamenta que «no siempre se cumplen las medidas fuera del aula, donde el riesgo de contagio se incrementa notablemente, con todo el esfuerzo realizado hasta ahora».

Tan solo un caso de COVID-19 se ha registrado en el Centro de Educación Especial Marqués de Vallejo en lo que va de curso. Aunque los protocolos de actuación estuvieron sobre la mesa desde un principio, la preocupación también se sintió entre las familias y los propios docentes a pesar de saber que la vuelta al centro era algo necesario. Sin embargo, el balance, en términos generales, es «positivo».

«En nuestro caso es más complicado seguir un modelo no presencial porque la educación aquí es mucho más individualizada y requiere de más contacto. Durante el confinamiento se apreció una involución a nivel físico y motor en los alumnos que, desde que volvieron a las aulas, ha ido a mejor», señala el especialista en Educación Física del centro, Daniel Cruz.

Este lunes comienza la segunda etapa del curso con dos trimestres todavía por delante y muchos retos en la comunidad educativa para mantener o mejorar los datos de contagios hasta ahora alcanzados. Con la vista puesta en la vacuna y el fin de los días festivos del periodo navideño, los profesores confían en el buen desarrollo de un año académico que esperan finalice mejor que el anterior, pero no bajan la guardia ante un mes de enero que se prevé complicado.

Fuente de la Información: https://nuevecuatrouno.com/2021/01/10/colegios-curso-escolar-coronavirus-trimestre-rioja-positivos/

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España: Ana Rosa Quintana admite que su mayor deseo es “anunciar el fin de la pandemia” en 2021

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Ana Rosa Quintana admite que su mayor deseo es “anunciar el fin de la pandemia” en 2021

CARLOS JOVER

La presentadora Ana Rosa Quintana ha cumplido 16 años en su magacín matinal de Telecinco. Después de todos estos años ha admitido que su mayor deseo para este 2021 es poder anunciar el fin de la pandemia. “2020 ha sido el año más difícil a nivel emocional”, ha admitido Ana Rosa porque ha tenido que informar sobre el coronavirus con familiares y amigos que estaban afectados y pasándolo mal.

“El programa de Ana Rosa” ha vuelto a la televisión por primera vez en este 2021. La presentadora ha remarcado lo difícil que ha sido tratar temas como el del Covid con información que se desconocía hasta por parte de las autoridades sanitarias. “El último año ha sido duro porque nos hemos tenido que reciclar y especializarnos en temas sanitarios, pero lo más importante ha sido saber mantener la calma y seguir informando en directo mientras cientos de ciudadanos morían cada día y teníamos compañeros y amigos afectados».

El magacín matinal ha sido el líder en las mañanas de 2020 con un 18,2% de cuota de pantalla y una media de 736.000 espectadores. “Son 16 años manteniendo el liderazgo. La cifra da vértigo, pero para mí es toda una vida al servicio de la información, algo de lo que me siento orgullosa. Cuando crees que ya lo has contado todo, cambios de Gobierno, de jefes de Estado, atentados, crisis económicas… llega un año como este, en el que una pandemia mundial se convierte en la verdadera protagonista de las noticias”.

A pesar de la llegada de la vacuna, la presentadora ha querido remarcar que todavía quedan muchos meses en los que hay que seguir luchando pero que espera por fin, anunciar que el fin de la pandemia ha llegado.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.cordobabn.com/articulo/cultura/ana-rosa-quintana-admite-mayor-deseo-es-anunciar-fin-pandemia-2021/20210108181028072984.html

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Experts question whether COVID-19 curfews work. But France may have had some luck

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Experts question whether COVID-19 curfews work. But France may have had some luck

When France brought in a curfew, the accelerating spread of COVID-19 slowed in people over 60, study suggests

As Quebec becomes the first province to implement a curfew to help curb the spread of COVID-19, there isn’t clear consensus whether similar efforts around the world have had much of an effect.

Quebec’s 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew went into effect this weekend and is scheduled to last until Feb. 8, meaning many of the province’s residents will be prohibited from going outside at night. Those caught outside without a valid reason could face a fine of between $1,000 and $6,000.

The province is following in the footsteps of other jurisdictions that have implemented similar curfews. Spain, Italy, Switzerland and France have all put in nation-wide curfews, and this weekend, 15 zones of France will have even earlier restrictions, beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting until 6 a.m.

Despite the widespread use of curfews, some health experts have challenged what they actually do to fight COVID-19

«I don’t think there is any strong evidence that that kind of approach works,» said Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

However, researchers in France have found data suggesting it has worked to slow spread there — at least for some age groups.

Starting Saturday, Quebec is under curfew for the next four weeks, though there are some exceptions, including for dog walkers. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)

Curfews associated with slowing spread

A team of French researchers looked into three waves of the French government’s health policy measures to combat COVID-19.

Starting Oct. 17, 16 of France’s zones known as départements were put under curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. The following week, 38 were added, so more than half the country was under mandatory curfew from October 23 onwards.

Finally, starting on October 30, a nation-wide lockdown was implemented.

The researchers found that the curfew was able to reduce the acceleration of the pandemic, but the strongest effect was only for people who were 60 and older.

For people younger than 60, it was the subsequent lockdown that did more to curb the spread.

«This suggests that if health policies aim at protecting the elderly population generally more at risk to suffer severe consequences from COVID-19, curfew measures may be most effective,» according to the study, which was released in November on SSRN, a pre-print server.

Patrick Pintus, an economics professor at Aix-Marseille University in Marseille, France, who was one of the researchers, acknowledged this was not a controlled experiment, that the results can only show correllation, not cause-and-effect.

«But what we found was that, especially the first week of the curfew, did seem to have an effect in terms of curbing the pandemic in the sense [of] reducing the acceleration,» he said.

«Our interpretation is that it’s probably due to the fact that because of the curfew, there were much less interactions between that age group in bars, in the restaurants.»

 

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Uganda: Arthritis drug proves effective in treating COVID-19

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Arthritis drug proves effective in treating COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two rheumatoid arthritis drugs have shown to be effective in stopping the occurrence of death in severely sick COVID-19 patients. The drugs, tocilizumab and sarilumab are anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis by stopping inflammation from taking place.     

Results from a double-blinded phase three clinical trial involving 800 participants in six countries showed that the drugs could save the life of one out of 12 severe patients and reduce the time spent in the ICU.  

The drugs are also known as IL-6 receptor antagonists because they regulate cell growth and help immune responses in the body by stopping inflammation. This was found to reduce the effect that the proteins of the virus which attacks the immune system and cause an overreaction, which can damage the lungs and other organs can have.  

According to results from the study carried out in the UK, the drugs were able to reduce the death rate of severely sick patients by a quarter. The death rate among patients admitted to the ICU stood at 37 per cent.  

Half of the participants in the trial were given a placebo and the others were given the drugs. An 8.5 drop was recorded in patients who took the two drugs over a three-week period. When the drug was administered, the death rate reduced to 27 per cent in patients who took the drug within 24 hours after being admitted.  

The findings of the trial have not yet undergone peer reviews. However, the treatment has been rolled out in some hospitals in The UK. Doctors are giving the drug to COVID patients who, despite receiving dexamethasone, are deteriorating and need intensive care.    

Prof Anthony Gordon, the lead investigator in the UK trial says that the trial findings were great and would have a big effect on COVID-19 treatment.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.independent.co.ug/arthritis-drug-proves-effective-in-treating-covid-19/

 

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Libia: UN welcomes Libyan prime minister’s support for political dialogue

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UN welcomes Libyan prime minister’s support for political dialogue

TRIPOLI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya (ASRSG) Stephanie Williams on Saturday welcomed Libyan UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj’s support for the UN-facilitated Libyan political dialogue, said the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).

«PC (Presidency Council) President Fayez Serraj and ASRSG Stephanie Williams met today in Rome to discuss ways to push forward the Libyan political dialogue, ahead of the meeting of the LPDF’s (Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s) Advisory Committee next week in Geneva,» UNSMIL said.

«ASRSG Williams welcomed President Serraj’s commitment and support to the UN-facilitated dialogue process to lead the country towards elections on 24 December 2021,» it added.

During the LPDF held last November, 75 Libyans representing the social and political spectrum of the Libyan society discussed a political roadmap to achieve lasting peace in war-torn Libya.

The participants agreed to hold general elections in Libya on Dec. 24, 2021. They also voted on a mechanism to select a unified executive authority of the country. Enditem

Fuente de la Información: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/10/c_139655311.htm

 

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Kenia: NMS to distribute free masks to schools

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NMS to distribute free masks to schools

At least 30,500 needy pupils in Nairobi are set to benefit from free mask distribution by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).

This comes after the Major General Mohammed Badi-led office launched the distribution of 61,000 face masks to at least one school in each of the 17 sub-Counties in Nairobi County.

NMS Health Services Director Dr Josephine Kibaru-Mbae said that as part of the exercises every pupil will be given two face masks each.

She pointed out that the face masks were donated to NMS by Kings Collection as part of the ongoing Covid-19 sensitization exercise in schools by NMS’s health team.

The NMS director said they have tasked the sub-county team to identify one school from their area which will then benefit from the distribution with the target being extremely needy pupils.

Already, 2,500 pupils from Reuben Primary School in Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Embakasi South sub-County and another 2,000 pupils from St. Elizabeth Primary School in Makadara sub-County have received the face masks in day one of the exercise where 9,000 said masks were given out.

Another 700 pupils from Muthurwa Primary School and 2,000 from Our Lady of Nazareth Primary School in Mukuru Kwa Njenga also benefited from the distribution.

“Hopefully we will finish the exercise by the end of this week. This was a donation given to NMS by Kings Collection but we are also looking for other partners to help us with more masks for distribution,” said Dr Kibaru-Mbae.

The director said the exercise has come in handy bearing in mind that Nairobi County continues to bear the biggest brunt of Covid-19.

Currently, the capital city accounts for more than half of the total 97,733 confirmed cases countrywide as of January 7, 2021.

Mid-December, NMS launched a six-week health outreach programme across all the 17 sub-Counties working with Kenya Red Cross and Unicef by offering free medical services including vaccination, family planning, Covid-19 tests among other services with health officers mobilising locals to access the services brought nearer their homes.

As part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the national government entity has also been supplying water to informal settlements in Nairobi procuring a fleet of 24 water bowsers to ensure the residents have reliable and consistent water supply.

“Further, a total of 193 boreholes have since been sunk and above ground storage tanks and water kiosks established, all managed by area residents. Water vending has also been digitised to ensure accountability and lock out water cartels. Extended piping and repair across the county is also underway to improve the water supply experience,” said Dr Kibaru-Mbae.

Fuente de la Información: https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/general/nms-to-distribute-free-masks-to-schools

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Singapore family in court for treating woman as slave, chaining her up and knocking out teeth

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Singapore family in court for treating woman as slave, chaining her up and knocking out teeth

The victim was made to do chores without pay, confined to the flat for a year and a half, and chained nightly either to a bed, a metal plate fixed to a wall or to the toilet bowl. Photo: Shutterstock Images
A woman who initially sought refuge with a Singapore  family after running away from home became their slave after angering one of the women by engaging in a sex act with her husband.

Four of the family members pleaded guilty on Thursday to various crimes including assaulting the 30-year-old woman and lying to the police to protect the family.

Muhammad Iskandar Ismail, 32, received two months and four weeks’ in prison for lying to the police and voluntarily causing hurt. His brother Muhammad Iski Ismail, 29, was jailed for eight months for lying to the police and asking his brother to lie as well. Their two sisters, 39-year-old Hasniza Ismail and 34-year-old Haslinda Ismail, will be sentenced at a later date.

The case involving their mother, Hasmah Sulong, is pending in the High Court, while Haslinda’s husband was given three weeks’ jail in November for his role in the case.

The two sisters and their mother abused the victim by twisting her toes with a pair of pliers, knocking out her teeth with a hammer and splashing boiling water on her groin area.

Even though she suffered burn injuries and blisters and became incontinent, none of the family members called for medical help. Instead, they applied Dettol, cream or medication on the wounds. It was only when Hasniza noticed that the victim was too weak to get up or eat, and had dark liquid flowing from her mouth and nose that she called for an ambulance.

For weeks before this, the victim had been chained half-naked to the toilet bowl, sitting in her own excrement and eating off the bathroom floor. She was taken to hospital and found to be dangerously ill, suffering from pneumonia and with sepsis from her burn wounds. Health care workers expected her to die.

The woman, who has intellectual disabilities and is considered a vulnerable victim, had multiple injuries over her body – deformities in her ears, 10 missing teeth, a deformed toe – and was severely malnourished.

She required eight hours of resuscitation in the hospital’s emergency department and was transferred to another hospital in light of her severe burn injuries. She eventually recovered and was discharged more than three months after admission, but still suffers permanent deformity in her ear.

The victim spent three months recovering in a Singapore hospital. Photo: Xinhua

The victim spent three months recovering in a Singapore hospital. Photo: Xinhua

HOW IT BEGAN

The court heard that the victim got to know the Ismail family as she went to school with one of the siblings. After running away from home in early 2016, the victim began staying with them and agreed to pay the matriarch of the household, Hasmah Sulong, S$150 (US$113) for laundry and slept on a mat in the living room.

Hasniza knew that the victim was intellectually slow and had mental problems, and admitted thinking of her as “a girl who was easy to eat”, meaning she would comply with instructions, even those involving sexual acts. Hasniza discussed with Haslinda that they should make the victim their “babu”, or slave. Hasniza would punish the victim by slapping or hitting her whenever she did something “wrong” such as being unhygienic, lying or not obeying orders.

Between May and June 2016, Haslinda accused the victim of performing fellatio on her husband, 33-year-old Egyptian Hany Aboubakr Abdelkarim Abdelfattah. She made him slap the victim and after this incident, the family began the abuse.

In June 2016, the victim’s father went to her workplace at a fast food outlet and pleaded with her to return home. She agreed but Haslinda turned up at the restaurant demanding money for outstanding laundry fees and probing the victim on her reasons for leaving. Haslinda took the victim’s phone and made her follow her back to the flat. She confined the victim in the flat and did not allow her to return to work. The victim had to sweep and mop the house before she was allowed to eat breakfast. She was also tasked with looking after the children in the flat.

She did not attempt to flee, as she was chained up at night, the court heard, and the family threatened to smear her reputation by saying they would call her a thief if she tried to escape.

Indonesian domestic worker Parti Liyani was acquitted in September after battling for four years to clear her name after her former employer’s family accused her of theft. Photo: Twitter

Indonesian domestic worker Parti Liyani was acquitted in September after battling for four years to clear her name after her former employer’s family accused her of theft. Photo: Twitter

In one incident, during the Hari Raya Haji festive period in September 2017, Hasmah gave the victim two packets of rice noodles. Haslinda threw away one packet and urinated into the other, which she made the victim eat.

The abuse continued until around mid-January 2018, when she was hospitalised.

When they were questioned by the police, the family members initially denied the crimes on Hasniza’s instruction and claimed that the victim had turned up at their house two weeks earlier. Iski, Hasniza’s brother eventually told the truth. The prosecution sought nine-and-a-half years’ jail for Haslinda, calling this “an appalling case of abuse, cruelty and vileness”.

The victim treated the Ismails as her family, but they essentially treated her as a slave, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Ang Feng Qian.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3116957/singapore-family-court-treating-woman-slave-chaining-her

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