School closures come at a cost
(WorldNews Africa)

Sixty percent of adults do not want schools to reopen during the peak of Covid-19, a survey conducted by the University of Johannesburg and the Human Sciences Research Council found. Likewise, teachers` unions have called for school closures to alleviate anxiety experienced by parents, pupils and teachers. However, scientists who are members of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee said pupils needed to be in school. Professor Shabir Madhi, a professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, said, “The closure of the schools is going to do more harm than good...