Transport Minister Paola De Micheli
said Thursday the government would be ready for the scheduled
reopening of Italian schools, with 50% of pupils present, on
January 7.
"We'll be ready for January 7," she said.
De Micheli said that Italian schools "will restart with more
safety with more public transport vehicles and a reorganization
of timetables".
Closing schools due to COVID-19 was "one of the hardest choices
that the government faced", she said.
Education Minister Lucia Azzolina voiced satisfaction saying
there had been "excellent team work" behind the move to reopen
schools.
"In just a few days the talks led by the prefects enabled us to
map out specific measures, area by area, and make them
immediately operational.
"We can be proud of this team work, in the exclusive interest of
students."
Italy's prefects on Thursday approved reopening at 50% capacity
from January 7-15.
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