Editorial: COVID-19; Closing down Kindergarten and lower primary is a good option
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has proposed that schools in the country be closed in order to control the rising spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among Covid-19 patients.
Currently, the death rate of the pandemic has reached 464, following the confirmation of eight more fatalities, and the country has recorded 765 new infections, raising its active cases to 6,411 from a previous 6,095 since the last update on Saturday, February 6, 2021.
But many parents have opposed the idea of a total closure of schools, citing the number of months their wards have stayed at home as a basis for their argument.