The United Democratic Movement has said that schools in South Africa “are going to be major coronavirus transmission centres” following their reopening and return to class of Grades 7 and 12 on Monday.
The organisation noted media reports that 38 schools in Gauteng had reported cases of coronavirus infections, while 55 from “the epicentre of this deadly enemy” Western Cape had reported the same. The organisation said that it was aware that a pupil at Woodhill College in Pretoria, Gauteng, had tested positive for Covid-19, “thus endangering” those the learner came into contact with.
The organisation called on the department of basic education and the national coronavirus command council “to urgently review” the decision to reopen schools, “even if it means that the current academic year must be revised”.
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