As the Ministry of Public Health, continues to put measures in place to prevent the spread of the global pandemic COVID-19, the Ministry of Education, on Monday announced that all public schools will be closed for an additional week.
Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Education announced that schools will be closed from March 16th for two weeks, however due to the current situation of the outbreak worldwide the ministry added another week for the closure of all schools.
This additional week will lead up into the Easter holidays, nevertheless the new school term which was scheduled to begin on April 20th remains unchanged.
Anyone with concerns can contact the ministry on 226-1175or the Public Health hotline on 227-4986 between 08:00hrs and 16:00hrs or 624-3067 between 1630-20:00hrs.
The MOPH wishes to advise persons to take the necessary precautions and measures to help prevent further spread of the virus.
Guyana records no new case of the virus as the number of confirmed cases remains at 5 and includes one death thus far.