Cape Town - A teacher from Montevideo Primary School in Montana in Cape Town has died of coronavirus complications, the Western Cape Teachers Forum has confirmed.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, June 24, the school said one of its teachers had tested positive for Covid-19 and the teacher had been placed in quarantine. The school said the case had been reported to the Western Cape education department, which would provide deep cleaning and sanitising of the affected areas in the school.
The school said that while it could not pinpoint the source of the infection, the incident highlighted the constant dangers facing teachers and pupils during the pandemic. The school had noted that some grade 7 pupils disregarded the safety rules currently in place at the school, and said it seemed that parents were not taking responsibility for ensuring that their their children complied with the hygiene regulations before and after school.
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