Mohamad (left) with Norisah (centre) seen during their visit to SK Pendidikan Khas (B) Kuching.
KUCHING (Oct 4): Two schools in Lawas, SMK Trusan and SMK Merapok, have been ordered to close until Oct 6 due to Covid-19 positive cases involving teachers, said Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin.
According to him, a teacher of SMK Trusan and two other teachers of SMK Merapok recently tested positive for the virus.
“We at the Ministry of Education (MoE) along with the Ministry of Health (MoH) have taken precautionary measures and the MoH has issued a letter for the two schools to stay temporarily closed until Oct 6,” he told a press conference after visiting two schools here today.
The schools he visited on the first day of resumption of physical classes were SMK St. Thomas and SK Pendidian Khas (B) Kuching, Taman Matang Jaya.
With him during the visits was Sarawak Education director Dr Norisah Suhaili.
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