About 150,000 more teachers and staff tested this week
About 150,000 teachers and other school staff will be tested between Monday and Friday, to detect the SARS-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, the Ministry of Education announced today.
“The testing process in the public and private sector of education and teaching establishments continues from Monday, coinciding with the beginning of the 3rd term and the resumption of classroom activities for the 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education. Approximately 150 thousand teaching and non-teaching workers will be tested between the 5th and the 9th of April”, reads a statement.
According to ministerial officials, this is the second phase of the “National Testing Strategy” for SARS-CoV-2 and, “as usual, this information has already been sent to schools”.