EDUCATION: We can’t close schools forever


WITH the country recording 1,240 new cases on Monday (Oct 26), the highest daily Covid-19 infections to date, parents are anxious about sending their children to school.

From Sept 20 to Oct 21, a total of 1,257 primary and secondary students had been infected. Twelve schools were closed in that period alone.

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