Tinashe Sambiri|Government is exposing teachers and pupils to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic due to lack of proper safety measures in schools.

According to Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president, Dr Takavafira Zhou, latest COVID -19 cases have been recorded at Dangamvura Primary School in Mutare and Chibi High School in Masvingo Province.

Read Dr Zhou’s statement below:

Dangamvura Primary (Mutare) and Chibi High School (Masvingo): Latest Covid 19 Cases

17 December 2020

Cases of Covid 19 have been reported at Dangamvura Primary in Mutare, with several teachers and pupils testing positive at Chibi High School in Masvingo Province yesterday, while many more are waiting for results today.

With several students showing signs that resonate with covid 19, it would be prudent to test all the students at Chibi High rather than allow them to leave the school and infect their family members.

Covid 19 has run riot in several boarding schools possibly because students are overcrowded in hostels, share textbooks, and lack of social distancing due to limited infrasture, bloated classes and absence of social distance.

Chibi High is the latest school to be affected but many more boarding schools are in similar predicament but teachers and pupils have not been tested due to shortage of testing kits.

Dr Takavafira M. Zhou (Ptuz President)