MELAKA – Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Simpang Bekoh, Jasin has been ordered to close for seven days starting from today, after some students’ parents tested positive for Covid-19.
State executive councillor in the Chief Minister’s Office (Education) Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad said the closure until October 25 is to enable the Fire and Rescue Department to carry out disinfection works in the school.
“The order to close the school with 700 students was issued by the State Education Department. I was informed that swab tests done on all students are pending results,” he told Bernama today.
Previously, Bernama reported that two schools in Alor Gajah, specifically Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok Berembang and SMK Lubok China, were ordered to close for seven days from October 15, as two siblings in the schools tested positive for Covid-19. – Bernama, October 19, 2020
