Government has served notice it would not close down senior high schools despite some students testing positive for coronavirus.
Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu said closing down schools would be defeatist and coward person’s approach, adding government would have none like that.
Government has been under intense pressure especially from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to close down schools as some schools record Covid-19 positive cases.
But responding to questions from journalists during a tour of some health facilities, Mr Agyemang Manu says government would not heed to those “defeatist and coward person’s approach”.
Instead, he said government would rather fight the pandemic to save lives.
According to Mr Agyemang Manu, government has identified congestion in schools that have recorded Covid-19 positive cases as a challenge, adding Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ghana Health Service (GHS) have been collaborating to solve the challenge.
He wondered why no one is asking government to close down universities or junior high schools.
Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kumah Aboagye revealed out of a total of 400,000 students who are in schools, only 111 students from 34 schools across the country have tested positive for Covid-19.
Source:Fiilafmonline/JoyNews
