Northwestern province Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has welcomed the announcement made by government to close all schools in the country to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
ZNUT provincial coordinator, James Musolokoto said the coronavirus is a worldwide problem and Zambians need to continue putting up measures to reduce the chances of contracting and spreading the disease.
Mr. Musolokoto told ZANIS in a telephone interview in Solwezi today that government initiative to close schools is a good move as it will reduce the chances of children contracting the highly infectious disease.
He, however, appealed to the school management and teachers to take advantage of the time left with the pupils to sensitize them about the disease and how they can prevent it even when they are at home.
Mr Musolokoto urged all schools both private and public to adhere to the announcement as it is for the good of the nation at large.
Meanwhile, Mr Musolokoto appealed to pupils especially those in examination classes not to abandon their books but take advantage of the time to adequately prepare for the end of year examinations.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging what has seemed clear for some time the virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe.
Europe has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases in China slow and the deadly coronavirus runs through Italy and nearby countries, WHO officials have said.
Zambia please its not coronavirus terror….why show stupidity in everything and every circumstances….its a disease please…thank you
What plan have they put in place to make sure students are learning? In the US students will be doing work online.
And copying Americans but the USA is giving US$1000 to everyone affected by coronavirus…and Zambian Government you fail to pay workers even when they’re working or retirement packages…so dont copy big economies with your closures
Of course the teachers are happy! They will be getting free salary. Its the students who will lose out because parents have struggled to pay school fees and now this. We are not hard hit as the other countries and so there must be another way than following these European countries who are paranoid. This is not a killer disease such as small pox.
These things, from gassing now to corona-virus, so they will go on rampant in mobs to kill people coughing.
“has welcomed the announcement made by government to close all schools in the country to reduce the spread of the coronavirus”.
We haven’t even officially recorded any case, so what are we reducing and where? This is not to underestimate the issue, but proper
surveillance, right measures at the right time and constructive implementation of the same are what is needed. You have to act with
evidence of where you are, not from without. Is this a better measure than restricting all arrivals from countries with a high burden?
What if you are sending some of those pupils/students to areas that they will actually get infected? (since we don’t know where the
infections maybe, if at all)