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While it is uncertain when teachers in the Free State will receive vaccinations during this third wave, the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths in the province’s schools continues to increase.
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. ...
(iStock) An increase in Covid-19 cases among pupils, teachers and support staff has led to the closure of another school in the Free State. At Eunice High School - a boarding school - five boarders, two kitchen staff members and a teacher tested positive this week. The Free State education department said the school would be closed from Friday until 31 May. The cases were spread across five grades. Previously, Tebang Primary School was also closed after five teachers and 11 pupils tested positive. In a statement on Thursday evening, the department revealed that there we...