CALLS advising government against re-opening schools amidst the rising cases of Covid-19 in the country have heightened with Kids Alive Zambia, appealing to President Edgar Lungu to stop the planned reopening of schools by the ministry of general education.Kids Alive Zambia Country Director Chantry Mweemba says there is need for the Head of State to intervene to avoid a national COVID- 19 calamity if schools were left to open.Mr Mweemba saying in a statement today that re-opening schools will endanger the health and safety of thousands of school children.“We remain concerned that a decision that may endanger the health and safety of thousands of children and their teachers across the country has been made by government through the ministry of education on the backdrop of alarming COVID- 19 statistics,” said Mr Mweemba.He noted that since schools closed over two weeks ago, school children could have been exposed to the virus and would become super spreaders […]
LUNGU URGED TO STOP THE PLANNED RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS
