13 TEACHERS, 5 PUPILS TEST POSITIVE

SITEKI – A total of 13 teachers and five pupils from four schools in the Lubombo Region tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week.

This is according to a report released by the Lubombo Regional Health Epidemic Task Force Chairperson, Sabelo Masuku. In the regional report, it is stated that schools were the most affected. Mabondvweni Primary School had three pupils and the same number of teachers testing positive, while Mabhensane Primary had five pupils and one teacher testing positive.
Sidloko Primary also recorded three pupils who tested positive, while Lusoti High had two pupils and one teacher.

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According to the report, these cases were recorded in these schools last week alone. In total, 59 cases were reported in the past two weeks in the region. The Lubombo Referral Hospital currently has 13 patients receiving treatment for COVID-19. About nine healthcare workers tested positive in the past week with eight from Sithobela Clinic and one from Good Shepherd Mission Hospital (GSMH). The report further states that seven cases were tested for travelling purposes. It states that two Royal Eswatini Sugar (RES) Corporation Laboratory staff also tested positive together with an artisan fitter.

“I would like to advise people to continue to adhere to the COVID-19 regulations of washing their hands regularly, sanitising and adhere to social distancing at all times. That would be fundamental in the fight against the virus,” Masuku said in the report. Lusoti High School Head teacher Thamsanqa Masuku confirmed that his school recorded one teacher and a pupil testing positive for COVID-19 last week. “The school was fumigated over the weekend and we have since enforced preventative measures of ensuring that all pupils have their masks on at all times, sanitise and keep social distancing,” he said.

Lubombo Regional Education Officer (REO) Richard Dlamini said they would be dispatching school health teams to different schools to monitor the situation. “As a region, we have observed that some teachers have become lax in terms of adhering to the preventative measures. We have to remind them about these before more pupils and teaching staff get infected,” he said.

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