COVID-19: Schools To Remain Closed Until Further Notice-Ebonyi govt

Ebonyi State government has announced that schools in the state will remain closed, until further notice

The Deputy Governor, Barr. Kelechi Igwe made this known in a statement signed by his Press secretary, Mr. Monday Uzor.

This comes after the Federal Government had announced the COVID-19 guidelines for schools resumption amid the pandemic currently affecting the country

The statement also added that the state is set to commence House-to-House COVID-19 contact tracing in various communities of the state as measures to curb the spread of the virus in the state.

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The statement reads in part: “As part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ebonyi State Government through the Deputy Governor, Barr. Eric Kelechi Igwe has announced a House to House testing strategy on each citizen across the 13 Local Government Councils, a program designed for 14 days in the first instance.

“As a result of importance attached to this test run, the 13 council Chairmen are by this announcement directed to ensure that a minimum of one hundred persons is made available by each of the councils to participate in the testing exercise. They should also liaise with the state Ministry of Health for the testing procedure.

“With the approval of His Excellency the Governor, the Deputy Governor further directs that schools in the state remain closed in the meantime which has become imperative after reviewing the current situation on the spread of the virus within the state.

“Government is irrevocably committed to protecting the lives of school children especially now that COVID 19 has escalated into community transmission.

“Ebonyi people and indeed parents are advised to take this decision in good fate since no drug or vaccine has been globally or nationally certified for the treatment of the deadly virus.

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had, at its press briefing on June 29, said the Federal Government had approved the resumption of graduating pupils in Primary 6, Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior Secondary School 3.

It said the resumption would enable the pupils to prepare for their final examinations. The task force said the West African Examinations Council had fixed the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for between August 3 and September 5.