27 schools in Johor closed due to Covid cases

JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 27 schools in Johor had to be closed after Covid-19 positive cases were detected among staff, pupils and students.

The closure involves 10 religious schools and 17 primary, secondary and vernacular schools.

State Education, Information, Heritage and Culture Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang said all 17 schools under the Education

Ministry had been closed in stages over the past three days.

“The one-week closure is to allow all quarters involved to undergo Covid-19 screening and to give way for the sanitisation process.