A classroom near Dakar, Senegal. The country has postponed the reopening of schools after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases among teachers, June 2 2020. Picture: REUTERS/ZOHRA BENSEMRAWith only hours to go, Senegal decided against reopening its high schools on Tuesday under a programme to ease coronavirus restrictions, after a cluster of infections emerged among teachers in the south of the country.Students in the last three years of high school — 550,000 out of 3.
Ahead of the scheduled return, many teachers, parents and students had voiced fears about the risk of infection. The World Health Organisation says it fears a 'silent epidemic' in Africa due to the low level of testing.But social media showed a different image: footage of crowds of children and teachers waiting for buses in parking lots without any social distancing and pictures of poorly equipped schools, some of which had only limited access to water.
He called on the authorities to “continue with work that is already under way” for a resumption, the ministry said.
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