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Zimbabwe: 500 Students Tested Covid-19 Positive in 2020
March 1, 2021
However, none of the pupils succumbed to the deadly respiratory disease.
In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com Sunday, Taungana Ndoro, the communications director in the Education Ministry, said statistics availed to government from across the country show that none of the infected students after contracting the coronavirus and are expected to join pupils when classes reopen.
“No student has died from Covid-19. There were about 500 students who tested Covid-19 positive and all of them have recovered,” said Ndoro.
When schools reopened for the third term in 2020, there was a spike in new Covid-19 infections in some schools especially those with boarding facilities. As a result, some schools were forced to close earlier to avoid a rise in new infections.
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âThe home schools are the answer to the current dilemma that we find ourselves in,â says Mabwe, as he welcomes students arriving for a sociology lecture.
At Mabweâs home college, students pay $10 (£7.25) a month, while the poorer children, mostly orphans, can study for free, he says.
âThere are instances where parents cannot afford lessons. We can have a gentlemanâs agreement. There are some children who are orphans, so we take about 10 and teach them for free.
âThis is also part of our corporate social responsibility. We are in the community and want to serve the community. We are not driven by money, but we are driven by the need to better lives.â