Teachers’ fears are real and they need a willing ear

Western Cape premier Alan Winde confirmed in late June that the province for the moment was the worst hit by the coronavirus outbreak and would “experience its peak soon”. He urged the elderly to take caution.

The department of basic education said on June 23 that reopening schools meant more cases were being identified. “Since schools reopened three weeks ago 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. Motshekga said the cases being reported in schools show that many people already had the virus but they didn’t know it until they were screened and identified.

It said this was necessary to allow “the provincial department of education and the provincial department of health time to align its current plans to address the expected increase in infection within the province. Both provincial departments require additional time to allocate a health care professional to each school within the province.” The education department was in the process of “finalising plans to address the educators with comorbidities”, it said.

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