21 Apr 2021 / 18:42 H.
JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 27 schools in Johor had to be closed after Covid-19 positive cases were detected among staff, pupils and students.
The closure involves 10 religious schools and 17 primary, secondary and vernacular schools.
State Education, Information, Heritage and Culture Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang said all 17 schools under the Education Ministry had been closed in stages over the past three days.
“The one-week closure is to allow all quarters involved to undergo Covid-19 screening and to give way for the sanitisation process.
“The public doesn’t have to worry because the situation is still under control,” he told Bernama, when contacted, today.
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KUCHING: Sarawak has decided to close all schools, as well as kindergartens and childcare centres, in Covid-19 red zones for two weeks starting today.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said this was necessary to protect the health of students and local communities.
“As there have been infections in a number of schools, the state government has decided to close all schools in red zones for 14 days, ” he told a press conference here yesterday.
On Sunday, the Miri divisional disaster management committee recommended the closure of schools in Miri, Subis and Beluru as 13% of their cumulative 3,253 Covid-19 cases were of school-going age.