The Seminario kindergarten of Istituto Comprensivo 2 “Panzini” in Piazza Giovanni XXIII was closed urgently after a mouse was seen in a classroom for nursery children, with pest control, sanitisation and checks of possible rodent entry points ordered, according to Metropolis Web.

At the Schito branch of the Karol Wojtyla school, families report that the kitchen has not worked since the start of the school year, according to Metropolis Web. At San Giovanni Bosco, parents report no boiler for about a year, broken shutters and a piece of marble detached from a window cornice. The complaints about San Giovanni Bosco are attributed to parents.

At the Annunziatella branch of the Denza institute, children have to cross an open-air dump to reach the school, according to Metropolis Web. The piazza of the Terme di Stabia has been identified as a site of uncontrolled waste dumping, with hygiene concerns linked to the possible proliferation of insects and parasites, and a municipal order gave Regione Campania seven days to remove the waste.

Similar rodent-related closures and scheduled and extraordinary pest-control interventions have also been reported in other municipalities in the Vesuvian area, according to Corriere del Mezzogiorno.