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Covid-19: Mass testing could miss some learners, says Sadtu

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Sadtu general secretary Mungwena Maluleke said the number of field workers was not sufficient to cover the country’s population. coronavirus lockdown

Johannesburg - The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union has expressed concern that the mass home visit Covid-19 screening campaign might not cover all learners before schools are reopened.

“We need more than 42000 testing personnel to be able to cover as many people as possible in terms of screening. Sadtu spokesperson Nomusa Cembi told Independent Media the union was not confident screening would be able to cover everyone. “Teaching time lost may be recovered by the shortening of the winter and spring holidays,” read the memo.

 

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