PETALING JAYA: With the shadow of a Covid-19 wave on the mind of most people, health experts say any reintroduction of previous Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) in schools will depend on more than just an overall upward trend of cases.
They said the number of hospitalisations or deaths nationwide due to Covid-19 would influence whether previous policies in schools, such as mask wearing, would be reinstated, with students still encouraged to keep their masks on.
“If the need arises, mask wearing should not be specific to just schools but all places where there is a high-risk of transmission. “Families whose members are experiencing respiratory illness-like symptoms should also perform Covid-19 self-tests and obtain a negative result before going about their routines, which for some includes going to schools,” he said yesterday.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia public health expert Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh proposed that Covid-19 tests be made available in schools.“Students in the high-risk category, such as the sickly or handicapped, who have not completed vaccinations should be isolated and monitored in hospitals if they show symptoms,” she said.
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