Schools are letting their students stay at home as part of enhanced measures to prevent coronavirus' spread. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – As concerns over the novelcoronavirus (2019-nCoV) mount, all the 63 cities and provinces nationwide areletting their students stay at home as part of enhanced measures to prevent thevirus’ spread.
Fifty cities and provinces decided to extend Lunar New Year holiday forstudents for another week, and four provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Dien Bienand Nghe An extend school closure until further notice. Meanwhile, schools inBen Tre province were closed for one day for sterilisation.
Reports sent to the Ministry of Education and Training showed thatcommunication work has been enhanced to raise awareness among teachers,managers, staff and students of the virus and prevention measures.
Sterilisation has been conducted at schools of all the provinces. To date, 23cities and provinces have completed the work while the remaining localitieswill have fulfilled it before February 9.
In case of prolonged school closure, the school year will be rescheduled to endlater than May 31, and high school students will take their graduation examlater than in previous years.
Sixteen universities have asked their students to resume their study onFebruary 16 to protect themselves from the novel virus.
Teachers at schools, colleges and universities nationwide are applying a widerange of teaching methods to help their students learn online during the schoolclosure.
Schools that resumed study on February 3 are continuing sterilisation,providing masks for students and staff as well as using thermometers andanti-bacterial gels or liquids.
They also requested students to report their travelschedules while keeping a close watch on their health and joining hands withlocal medical stations so as to arrange isolation rooms if necessary./.
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