| Of the 417 tests carried out on all staff, only one positive PCR was obtained | The Mayor of Archena has assured with satisfaction that of the 417 tests carried out on teachers and non-teaching personnel of educational centers, that is, 94 percent of the total workforce that has undergone the test, only gave 9 initial positives, of which 8 were negative in a second more exhaustive serological test and a PCR with a positive result.
All this on August 31. The result was so clear, according to the health technicians, that all protocols were activated imminently and the control and monitoring of the patient in question began.A person who had to join on September 1 with examinations to different groups and who and who had already been applied the health protocol before coming to the center.
“Fortunately, thanks to this initiative, these events have not been carried out.In this way, we have been able to avoid a direct exposure to the virus in the Educational Center and a possible outbreak of infections in said Center, which would have prevented with total security the start of the planned course within the established deadlines ”, declares the Mayor.He insists that “therefore this anticovid strategy set out by the Municipal Government Team and embodied in the Archena Cole Seguro Plan: early diagnosis plus tracking has worked.In this way we want to influence that from the Archena City Council we continue to focus all our attention and interest on this health crisis caused by the pandemic that is being suffered ".The Mayor also explained that this strategy to avoid future infections and therefore future health crises in Archena “was due to the municipal plan that we presented in August to the directors of the 11 educational centers and to the director of the health center and that it was born from all previous work and consensus with teachers and health workers.A plan that includes up to 12 more measures, aimed at offering the safest possible scenario when returning to the classroom on September 14 ”.Finally, the Mayor has once again made an appeal to the population asking for responsibility and collaboration to all families from Archeneras to comply with the rules established by the competent authorities and not to go back to the beginning of the health crisis
Source: Ayuntamiento de Archena