Covid-19: Primary school in Shah Alam closed until April 22 after two more pupils test positive

PETALING JAYA: SJK (C) Pin Hwa 1 in Shah Alam will be closed until April 22 after two more pupils tested positive for Covid-19.

Teachers, staff and pupils from 12 classes will also undergo Covid-19 tests.

The school's natural disasters committee said tests would be done by the district health office on Monday (April 19) and Tuesday (April 20).

"The Shah Alam Fire and Rescue Department sanitised the school on April 17 and periodic sanitisation will be done by the school's staff," it said in a notice to parents dated Sunday (April 18).

The notice also said that the two pupils are in Year Three and Year Six, and do not have siblings in the same school.

However, the school advised anyone who shared the same transport or attended the same tuition centre to self-quarantine.

This comes after pupils and teachers from 14 classes in the school were placed under quarantine when three teachers tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

According to an Education Ministry statement on Oct 9,2020, schools with even one positive case detected must close immediately for sanitisation, even if they have yet to receive a risk analysis report from the Health Ministry.

On March 21, Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin said any closure of schools, whether fully or partly, would be done on the advice of the district health office.