Class suspension rules need fine-tuning: associationBy Rachel Lin / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy yesterday called for supplementary measures to the standards guiding the suspension of in-person classes in the event of a COVID-19 infection cluster in a classroom. The association yesterday on Facebook said the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 is expected to drive a new COVID-19 wave in Taiwan. The association said many students support the second phase of the new class suspension standard, as they would not face frequent class suspensions and disruptions to their education. The “325” system requires that if, within three days, two students in the same class are infected, the class should be closed for five days. The ministry could set a standard according to the severity of each COVID-19 cluster, it said.

Source: Taipei Times August 22, 2022 04:16 UTC