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Sri Lanka re-opens schools amid COVID-19 caution

byAgency Report
August 10, 2020
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All state-owned schools across Sri Lanka re-opened after being shut for over a month amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has infected over 2,800 people in the island country, the Education Ministry said on Monday.

Schools re-opened for all grades under strict health guidelines which included students wearing face masks and maintaining hand hygiene at regular intervals.

Desks in classrooms were also kept at a one-metre distance and students were prohibited from playing in playgrounds or taking part in sports.

The ministry said that schools that have over 200 students will, however, operate classes on separate days in order to maintain a strict social distancing policy and to prevent a large number of students from gathering in one place at the same time.

“School canteens were also not permitted to operate until confirmation from health authorities,’’ the Education Ministry said.

All schools in the island nation were shut in mid-March when Sri Lanka detected its first local COVID-19 infection.

Schools were later re-opened for selected grades in July but were closed again following the threat of a fresh outbreak of the virus.

READ ALSO: Kwara schools reopen, comply with COVID-19 protocols

The education ministry said they had decided to reopen schools after no community transmission of the virus had been detected in recent weeks.

The authorities noted that the virus was now confined with the quarantine centres only.

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Till Monday morning, 2,844 patients were detected in Sri Lanka, out of which 2,593 patients had recovered and been discharged, with 11 deaths reported from the virus. (Xinhua/NAN)

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