Kayode OyeroThe Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 says it is “far more important to monitor” every resuming pupil for symptoms of coronavirus than making negative Covid-19 test result a requirement for each pupil to return to the classroom. Reacting on Monday during a briefing in Abuja, PTF National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, informed that a negative Covid-19 test result is only valid for the moment it was conducted. He, therefore, advised school administrators to rather watch out for symptoms of the virus among pupils and ask such pupils to seek medical attention. Therefore, the validity of a negative test is quite limited. It will be far more useful than doing Covid-19 test before they resume.”The National Coordinator stressed that those who are most vulnerable to the virus are the elderly.

Source: Punch August 03, 2020 18:56 UTC