Sporting activities resume in schools

THE resumption of sporting activities in schools has been approved by the Government following an increase in the uptake of Covid-19 vaccines.

Sporting activities had been put on hold as part of the Standard Operating Procedures implemented in schools at the peak of the pandemic to try and minimise the spread of the disease among learners and staff.

Speaking during a post- Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said Government was embracing the new normal by adopting the measures.

“In embracing the new normal, Cabinet has approved the following measures: that Provincial Medical Directors in collaboration with Provincial Education Directors submit, on a weekly basis, a list of schools in their provinces that meet the 70 percent second dose Covid-19 coverage, that all teams should continue working closely with community leaders to ramp up vaccination campaign activities, and encourage the most vulnerable groups, especially the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions to get vaccinated and that all primary schools resume all sporting activities.

“Secondary Schools that have reached 70 percent Covid-19 second dose vaccination can resume non-contact sporting activities,” she said.

Minister Mutsvangwa said 66 cases had been detected through the school surveillance system since the beginning of the second on May 3.

She said the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education continued to facilitate the on-going Covid-19 vaccination blitz campaign in schools.

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