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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Monday said the COVID-19 situation remained bad in schools and accused the government of failing to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, several boarding schools in the Mberengwa district in the Midlands province were hit by COVID-19 infections, sending students and parents into a panic mode.<\/p>\n

PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said some of the affected schools included Masase, Mnene, Chegato and Msume. Zhou added:<\/p>\n

The situation remains bad. Several schools are getting infections in Midlands and the ministry (Primary and Secondary Education) has adopted a sinister motive of ordering COVID-19 positive students to stay at home for two weeks rather than quarantining them.<\/p>\n

He accused the Primary and Secondary Education ministry of failing to meet with teachers since the opening of schools to discuss their preparedness to deal with COVID-19 at learning institutions.<\/p>\n

Zhou said the affected schools in the province did not have adequate test kits to test \u201cmany pupils that are showing clear signs of COVID-19 in order to keep the figures low in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Midlands Provincial statistician on COVID-19 statistics, Reginald Mhene, however, dismissed claims by Zhou that the province had inadequate testing kits. Said Mhene:<\/p>\n

The situation is under control, test kits are adequate and pupils from day schools who are positive and stable are isolating at home after home assessment.<\/p>\n

Mhene did not indicate the number of students that have tested positive for COVID-19 in the province to date.<\/p>\n

More: NewsDay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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