COVID-19 disruption could be a chance to lay a firmer school maths foundation in South Africa: GettyImages In South Africa, when Grade 9 learners return to school after the COVID-19 closures, they will have a maximum of 76 teaching days left in 2020. But given the safety requirements and the limited infrastructure in most schools, it’s highly unlikely that they will be able to … [Read more...] about COVID-19 disruption could be a chance to lay a firmer school maths foundation in South Africa | The Conversation
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Getting to grips with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria | The Conversation
Getting to grips with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria: High school students wear face masks as they wash their hands on August 3, the first day of partial resumption of classes in Lagos, Nigeria, since the COVID-19 lockdown. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe pace of SARS-CoV-2 transmission has triggered different government responses globally. These have had … [Read more...] about Getting to grips with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria | The Conversation
Staff on edge as Covid-19 patients are booked into PE quarantine hotel – Port Elizabeth Business News |MyPE
Staff on edge as Covid-19 patients are booked into PE quarantine hotel – Port Elizabeth Business News: Staff on edge as Covid-19 patients are booked into PE quarantine hotel: The five-star Radisson Blu hotel in Summerstrand is being used as a Covid-19 quarantine site and staff are not happy about it, claiming some “stubborn patients refuse to stay in their rooms”. Source: … [Read more...] about Staff on edge as Covid-19 patients are booked into PE quarantine hotel – Port Elizabeth Business News |MyPE
Responses to COVID-19 require inputs from every angle of people’s lives | The Conversation
Responses to COVID-19 require inputs from every angle of people's lives: A parishioner records an online mass from an empty church in Mabopane, South Africa, during the COVID-19 lockdown. PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty ImagesThe COVID-19 pandemic is complicated. It is not merely a biomedical problem to be dealt with through medicine and public health. It also has major social … [Read more...] about Responses to COVID-19 require inputs from every angle of people’s lives | The Conversation
Close look at some South African households gives insights into COVID-19 vulnerability | The Conversation
Close look at some South African households gives insights into COVID-19 vulnerability: Tembisa, Gauteng Gauteng City-Region ObservatoryVulnerability in the context of COVID-19 is not distributed evenly across all people and households. Globally, a range of factors – including race and social and economic status – have already been shown to shape vulnerability. In the South … [Read more...] about Close look at some South African households gives insights into COVID-19 vulnerability | The Conversation
