At the University of Zurich in Oerlikon are suffering from two students of measles. Other disease should occur, would only be granted immune people need access to the Uni. Unprotected people – so all those who are vaccinated or the disease already have survived – would have to remain at the University for a period of 21 days.
This measure could also come to all the city’s schools, kindergartens and hoarding for the application: Should occur in a class, a measles case, would the interior of the school medical service up-to-date with the schoolmates and classmates, and the teacher check. “The Unvaccinated, it is recommended to be within 72 hours of vaccination. Without vaccination, they are also excluded up to 21 days from school,” says Andrea Seraina Bauschatz, head of the school medical service of the city of Zurich. This procedure is defined in the cantonal guidelines.
employer has no wage
The numbers, especially for working parents has consequences. In order to supply a sick child, you can, although according to the law, without pay, for up to three days of work loss, stay away if an appropriate doctor’s certificate. Even if the child’s illness lasts longer, is required to continue to pay wages to the same extent as in the case of illness of an insured employee. However, the payments are, depending on the Region and length of employment on a temporary basis.
the money, when the child is sick, but in spite of the working parents care of needs to be. Then not a case of personal inability to Work – so there are no reasons justifying the stay away from a Person from work. The employer is not obliged in such a case, during the 21 days in which the child is excluded from school, to the continued payment of wages.
The labour law specialized lawyer Regula Bärtschi indicates a case that happened during the swine flu epidemic. At that time, a nursery had to be closed in the city of Zurich. “The mother of a healthy child, had to assume, therefore, even the child care and work, stay away. The labour court of Zurich rejected a wage payment claim, because it was of the view that a disease similar Situation existed, many people were affected, and not a personal inability to Work.”
In the city of Zurich, there are no statistics on how often there was such care or school exclusions. Andrea-Seraina Bauschatz can remember but only in a case in which a child due to a measles epidemic had to be excluded in the past four years, from classes.
measles cases to take
The head of the school medical service pointed out, however, that the measles have increased in cases compared to the previous year. She was referring to the weekly statistics of the Federal office for the health BAG, in the Swiss data the past 52 weeks are compared. In it Switzerland are reported far 108 measles cases in the last twelve months, in the twelve months prior to the 66, a year before 114.
The Federal government and the Federal Commission for vaccination, therefore, recommend the measles vaccination in early childhood. “Schools in zürich in the framework of the School health screening the vaccination status of Kindergarten, 5 is. and 8. Class checks. A child is not vaccinated, the vaccination also in the school medical service carry out,” says Bauschatz. (Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 29.03.2019, 17:18 PM
