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St Johnâs College, Krugersdorp High closed briefly due to Covid-19 cases at the two schools
By Chulumanco Mahamba
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Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has suspended academic activities at two Gauteng schools following the discovery of several cases of coronavirus at each school.
The department confirmed on Wednesday that a decision has been made, in consultation with the Gauteng Department of Health (DoH), district directors and GDE management, to suspend academic activities at Krugersdorp High School in Krugersdorp and St Johnâs College in Houghton as a means of managing the discovery of several Covid-19 cases in each school.
Two Gauteng schools have been closed after Covid-19 cases were identified. Stock photo. Image: Gallo Images/ IStock
Two Gauteng schools have been closed after Covid-19 cases were detected.
“We can confirm that a decision has been made, in consultation with the DoH [department of health], district directors and GDE [Gauteng department of education] management, to suspend academic activities at Krugersdorp High School and St John’s College as a means of managing the discovery of several Covid-19 cases in each school,” said education spokesperson Steve Mabona.
He said 11 cases were detected at Krugersdorp High school, while St John’s College had six positive cases.
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The two schools recorded a combined 17 positive cases of Covid-19.
St. John s recorded six positive cases, and Krugersdorp 11 cases.
Two top-performing Gauteng high schools have been hit by Covid-19, barely two weeks after reopening for the second term.
The two schools are situated in Houghton and Krugersdorp, respectively.
St John s College identified six positive cases, while Krugersdorp High School had 11 positive cases.
Krugersdorp High School will reopen on Monday. St John s College moved three grades online as a response to the Covid-19 cases. All pupils will be back in school on Monday.
Stuart West, St John s executive headmaster, said: St John’s College is not closed. We have seven senior students, one primary school student and one staff member who have tested positive in the past week. St John’s College conducted all the contact tracing and supervised the additional close contacts who were subsequently tested. All these further tests returned a