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Matric pupil dies from Covid-19 complications as school infections rise

A Free State school pupil succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on Tuesday. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Pay less images An increase in Covid-19 infections at schools in the Free State has claimed the life of an 18-year-old pupil in Welkom. Provincial education department spokesperson Howard Ndaba said the matric pupil was one of 11 confirmed Covid-19 cases at Lephola Secondary School in Thabong. Other pupils were still awaiting their test results. The teen tested positive on Wednesday last week after experiencing flu-like symptoms. He died just after midday on Tuesday. The school is closed but is expected to reopen on Monday. 

Unions call for schools in South Africa to close as third Covid-19 wave hits

Unions call for schools in South Africa to close as third Covid-19 wave hits Subscribe The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) has called for the closure of schools across the country over concerns around rising Covid-19 cases. With Gauteng, the Free State and the Eastern Cape having declared that they are in a third wave – the whole country will follow soon, the union said. The union claimed that schools are central to this resurgence as safety protocols have been ignored. EUSA blamed the government’s failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs), and that Covid-19 cases in the sector are not being adequately tracked and traced.

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