A third teacher in the country’s public education system is among the most recent fatalities of COVID-19, the Department of Education (DE) and the Teachers Association have confirmed to Metro.
This is the kindergarten teacher, Amarilis Carrasquillo Olique, who was part of the faculty of the Luis Muñoz Marín de Caguas school. According to the DE, the dead teacher failed to show up in the classroom because of her health condition. In this way, it is ruled out that he has had direct contact with students or other school staff. It was also ruled out that he was infected on the school campus.
The teacher was pregnant at the time of her death.
Subway she learned that the educator had pre-existing conditions that complicated her COVID-19 condition.
This morning, two more teachers were reported to have died from COVID-19 also in the Caguas educational region. One of them was Rafael Nogué de Comerío. If so, he was vaccinated, but he also had pre-existing conditions.
The Secretary of Education, Eliezer Ramos has assured this morning on Radio Island 1320 that none of the dead educators became infected in schools.
Just yesterday, changes were announced in the school protocol that includes quarantine for people in contact with suspected cases of COVID-19. In addition, random tests were announced on school grounds.
This morning, the Secretary of Health, Carlos Mellado, justified in a radio interview (RadioIsla) that the distance of students in the classrooms is 3 feet and not 6 feet for a matter of space. Mellado has maintained that the intention is to have more students in the face-to-face modality and that the CDC’s recommendation is 3 feet.
The Health report for Tuesday morning reports 28 deaths in a four-day period. So far this month, 273 deaths have been reported from COVID-19. Most deaths are among people who had not been vaccinated.