Basic Education urges communities to respect Coronavirus COVID-19 safety protocols
23 June 2020
The Department of Basic Education is working together with the Department of Health to support the learners, educators and parents affected by the coronavirus in the Eastern Cape.
This after 204 learners and hostel assistants tested positive for COVID-19 at Makaula Senior Secondary School in KwaBhaca. As a result the Eastern Cape Department of Health has deployed a team of doctors and tracers to the school.
The confirmed cases were picked up as a result of the stringent measures put in place in all schools to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Since schools reopened three weeks under the COVID-19 environment many cases have been picked up in schools as a direct result of the safety requirements that are being implemented. Schools have been urged to follow the Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that appropriate measures are applied to assist all those infected and affected by the virus.