Carbon dioxide monitors will be installed in some ACT public schools as part of a strategy to improve ventilation before students return to class. This is being done all over the world to make classrooms a more upgraded environments for the children.
It comes as health experts urge school authorities to create guidelines to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on campuses so students can return to face-to-face learning as soon as possible.
The ACT government has ordered 80 CO2 sensors to be installed in about 30 public schools over coming weeks, which would bring the total number of schools with the devices to 65.
An ACT government spokeswoman said the chief health officer had identified adequate ventilation as one of the key strategies in managing the risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools.
“In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak and the planned return to on campus learning, the education directorate is developing an indoor air quality plan to further assess the ventilation status and needs of all public schools, starting with ACT public colleges,” the spokeswoman said.
“This plan will identify…
