Cambodia removes COVID-19 testing requirement for some schools
The Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has confirmed that several schools will no longer require their staff and students to conduct COVID-19 tests when they are allowed to reopen this month.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian Minist🍌ry ofEducation, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has confirmed that several schools will nolonger require their staf𝐆f and students to conduct COVID-19 tests when they areallowed to reopen this month.
The Khmer Times quoted the MoEYS spokesmanRos Soveachea said the ministry and the Ministry of Health agreed that ifstudents, their parents, or staff members of 20 education institutions in thefirst phase of school re-opening returned from an oversea trip before earlyJune, or have not travelled outside of Cambodia, they do not need to undergoCOVID-19 tests.
This proposal was approved by Prime Minister HunSen.
However, the MoEYS has yet to confirm which 20schools will be opened in the coming days, despite many staff already returningto campuses and the schools’ names widely circulated online.
The official noted the ministry is continuing todiscuss technical details of “Schools Re-opening Phase One” with the approved20 schools, which also have to discuss further details with students’ parentsfor mutual agreement.
The ministry previously said that the approved20 schools would need to follow the health measures set by the Health Ministryand the World Health Organisation.
The schools must keep their environment clean.Each class must not have more than 15 students while social distancing must bestrictly enforced.
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