Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande is concerned about outbreaks at some universities and TVET collegesApart from the outbreak at UP, the department had received other reports of Covid-19 infections within the post school education and training sector.
“While Covid has largely been detrimental for the older population groups, the virus is mutating and new variants are showing a higher affinity towards young people who can serve as carriers and hasten the spread of infection.He said 55 UP students had tested positive up until Wednesday. “Higher Health — the agency mandated to safeguard student health and wellbeing — is still screening and testing this week, for which results are still awaited. There is a probability that the number of positive cases may rise,” Nzimande said in a statement.“However, there are pockets of positive cases in other universities and TVET colleges. These cases are not yet classified as cluster outbreaks.
More than 3,000 students and staff are being screened and contact traced, with over 200 being tested so far.
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He should then go and have a serious conversation with his colleagues and push for vaccination of students. We cannot continue to disrupt the crucial skills our institutions feed the economy because people are slacking.
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