Senegal Delays Reopening Of Schools After Fresh COVID-19 Cases
Senegalese are seen buying meat at a market in Dakar on May 23, 2020, on the eve of the Islamic festivity of Korite. Korite marks the end Muslim Holy month of Ramadan. JOHN WESSELS / AFP.With 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. They said they were “not ready to receive students” and refused to “endanger the lives of pupils, staff and their families”, according to a statement from the schools.The country has officially counted more than 3,700 cases of COVID-19, including 43 deaths.
Internet users itemised masks, soap and detergent that had been distributed to schools, highlighting the lack of supplies compared with the scale of the need.An education ministry official told the radio station RFM that 10 teachers had been infected in the Ziguinchor region, the capital area of Casamance.
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