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Strategies for Schools

19 Apr 2021: Closure
Kelantan closes schools
in 7 districts under MCO.
The Health Minister
clarifies that school
closure is made in a joint
assessment by the

district health office,
Education Ministry
(MOE) and the state
government, and cases
usually includes school
staff and students.
Schools can remain open
if the cases only involve
students, and not school Source: One News YouTube §

staff. § § §

Vaccinating Teachers
More than 500,000
public and private sector
teachers are being listed
for PICK Phase 2,
moving teachers one
phase earlier due to the
risk of spread in schools.
They were originally

slotted for Phase 3.
11,902 out of 54,537
teachers with chronic
diseases have already
received the first dose of
injections while the rest Source: Author's collection
will be given injections
this month. §

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