General News of Monday, 1 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comCoronavirus: Mandatory testing of all students not feasible - Kojo Oppong NkrumahInformation Minister, Kojo Oppong NkrumahMinister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says calls for the government to conduct mandatory testing for COVID-19 on all students as a precursor to the opening of schools is not feasible considering how contraction and spread of the virus works. "The bigger question is what optimally have to be put in place if students or some category of students are going to go back to school," the minister said. President Akufo-Addo has announced the easing of some restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. Indeed, final year university students are to report to their universities on 15th June; final year senior high school (SHS 3) students, together with SHS 2 Gold Track students, on 22nd June; and final-year junior high school (JHS 3) students on 29th June. JHS 3 classes will comprise a maximum of thirty (30) students; SHS classes a maximum of twenty-five (25) students; and University lectures will take place with half the class sizes.

Source: GhanaWeb June 01, 2020 06:56 UTC