Defer schools opening: Teachers

TEACHERS’ unions have called on the government to defer schools opening to August or until the COVID-19 infections have subsided, saying going ahead with schools opening anytime soon would be “suicidal and genocidal”.

Zimbabwe is in the throes of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with the country recording 2 264 cases and 34 deaths on Tuesday, according to the Health ministry’s daily situational update.

Cumulatively, the country has so far recorded 60 227 cases, 42 330 recoveries and 1 973 deaths.

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