An 11-year-old Italian girl
with AIDS spent her first day at a lower secondary school near
Caserta in the southern region of Campania on Tuesday after
being admitted tanks to the intervention of Education Minister
Stefania Giannini.
Initially her application for entry was rejected in
September.
"The girl has been admitted and is in the classroom with a
special-needs teacher," school principal Michele Di Martino
said.
"Now we need to leave her in peace and put this episode
full of misunderstandings and misinterpretations behind us," he
added.
Meanwhile parents concerned about the risk of infection for
their own children met with the girl's paediatrician and Di
Martino for reassurance.
At the end of the meeting they set up a committee to ensure
that the girl is properly assisted.
Minister Giannini also gave her own reassurances, inviting
parents not to "remain prisoner to an albeit understandable fear
that is, however, unfounded".
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