Thirty-seven staff at 32 schools in the Western Cape have tested positivie for Covid-19, education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on Friday.
Thirty-two schools in the Western Cape have staff with Covid-19, education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on May 29 2020.Thirty-seven staff at 32 schools in the Western Cape have tested positive for Covid-19, education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on Friday.
Schäfer said there was no suggestion that staff had contracted the virus at school, and “in many of the cases, the staff member has not even returned to school since schools reopened as they fell ill before returning”.
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