Press Statement.

We must only reopen schools when it is safe for learners, teachers, cleaners, ground staff, drivers. A lot of work needs to be done to make sure the schools are ready.

We must not send students and teachers to the grave. Let’s prepare schools properly.

There are important articles to read on how this virus affects children.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/children-coronavirus-death-kawasaki

2. Two new studies offer compelling evidence that children can transmit the virus. Neither proved it, but the evidence was strong enough to suggest that schools should be kept closed for now, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/health/coronavirus-children-transmission-school.html

Dr Anthony Fauci while agreeing that children on the whole do much better than adults with COVID-19, noted recent reports of severe disease among children and said it's still really not well understood. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-fauci-warns-u-s-must-not-be-cavalier-in-assuming-children-immune-to-virus