Tunisia: Covid-19 - 'All Protective Measures to Be Taken in Schools, Shutdown Considered in Case of Multiple Infections (Ben Alaya)

Tunis/Tunisia — All measures will be taken to limit the spread of Coronavirus in educational institutions after the start of the school year scheduled for September 15 this year and this will go as far as to shut down schools in case of multiple infections, Director General of the National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases Nissaf Ben Alaya said Wednesday

In response to a question from TAP on protective measures in case of infection in schools, Ben Alaya pointed out that all means will be implemented to contain the spread of the virus in these institutions in light of the results of active screening carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Health.

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