JOHOR BARU – Close to 40 schools in Johor have been ordered closed in stages since last month after the detection of Covid-19 cases among the staff and students.
State Education, Information, Heritage and Culture Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang said the district health offices had asked the district education offices to close the schools to enable process of risk evaluation, close contact detection and disinfection to be carried out at affected schools.
“But they were not all closed simultaneously. The schools were closed for seven days to enable swab tests to be conducted on affected individuals, and for sanitisation to be carried out.
“Only when the test results come back negative will the schools be allowed to reopen,” he told reporters after attending a programme to distribute bubur lambuk and food baskets to tithe recipients and single mothers at a supermarket in Bandar Dato Onn here today.
Meanwhile, he said the state government is making every effort to ensure the nearly 49,000 teachers in Johor receive their vaccine shots by the end of this month under Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which began on April 19. – Bernama, May 1, 2021
