Health Ministry says confident SOPs enough to halt Covid-19 when school reopens
Wednesday, 03 Jun 2020 06:11 PM MYTHealth Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told the ministry’s daily Covid-19 press conference that the guidelines are ready and will be announced to parents and students two weeks before schools reopen. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told the ministry’s daily Covid-19 press conference that the guidelines are ready and will be announced to parents and students two weeks before schools reopen. “Two weeks before schools reopen, we will announce the guidelines to parents and students. But right now, we have not decided when to reopen the schools but the guidelines are ready,” he said.He then quoted a study by thewhich found that if social distancing is implemented, it can reduce up to 60 per cent of the infection rate.
“The children will not eat in the canteen. Instead, they will queue, one metre apart, pick up their food and head straight to their classrooms to dine. There is already social distancing measures in the classrooms,” said Dr Noor Hisham.
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