Coronavirus: Lagos govt to shuts down all private and public schools from March 23rd
As part of the preventive measures against the spread of the
Coronavirus pandemic, the Lagos State Government says it will be closing down
all public and private schools from Monday, 23rd March 2020.
In a statement released by the state Commissioner for
Education, Folashade Adefisayo, the
state government said the move became necessary to prevent children and their
teachers from getting more vulnerable to the pandemic.
It is important
for parents to ensure that their children practise ‘social distancing’ while at
home, wash their hands regularly or use hand sanitizers and observe high
standards of personal hygiene. Children should be encouraged to remain at
home. The closure is not intended to
create panic but to arrest the spread of the disease, which has become a global
threat.
The statement added that the Incident Command Centre, headed
by the Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is the Incident Commander, will
continue to trace all contacts of the identified cases and encourages anyone
who has information about suspected cases to report to the nearest hospital or
call the emergency telephone numbers
08023169485, 08033565529, 08052817243 and 08023401214.
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