The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has urged states to conduct risk assessment to mitigate the exposure level of pupils to COVID-19, following the resumption of schools nationwide, the risk assessment should be conducted weekly by schools, monthly by local government areas and quarterly by states.
The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, while Speaking at a media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday, explained that the agency and the Federal Ministry of Education had developed a guideline to support states and schools in preparing for safe reopening. He stated, “Schools should provide learners with a ‘medical status’ form to be completed by all parents and kept in confidence by the school head as well as identify a well marked point in which everyone gaining access to the school is screened for high temperature, requested to wear masks and perform hand hygiene amongst others".
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