The position of the World Health Organization in Montenegro is that schools should be opened at the moment when the spread of the corona virus epidemic is under control.
This was said by the head of the WHO office in Montenegro, Mina Brajović, as a guest in Colors of the Morning.
"Opening schools will be a challenge. It is a decision that must be made by the national authorities. A number of different factors must be taken into account and a risk assessment must be carried out. It is recommended that care must be taken from the epidemiological situation to the operational and system capacities. Brajović said.
He notes that all countries should take into account the transmission of the virus in the child population and that transmission in school institutions should be observed from a broader perspective.
"Children must have adequate conditions. They must regularly wash their hands with soap and water, and we know that there are cases in schools where the sanitary facilities are not in order," said Brajović.
He points out that blocking and closing society due to the corona virus is not an option, nor a choice, but that we have to learn to live with it.
Commenting on whether the holding of elections in Montenegro could affect the worse epidemiological situation in the country, Brajović says that it will be a challenge and that the WHO does not have explicit recommendations on how countries should prepare and behave for the holding of elections.
"In the conversation with colleagues from Croatia and North Macedonia, if the elections were conducted in a safe manner, in principle there is no negative or drastic effect on the epidemiological situation," said Brajović.
He points out that vaccination is a chance for all of us and that it is necessary to be available in all countries, to be carried out according to needs, not according to available means.
"No one is safe until everyone is safe. We have 165 potential vaccines, 20 vaccines have received candidate status, and 5,6 are in clinical trials," emphasized Brajović.
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