Padang City Government Stops Face-to-Face Learning At SD 23-24 Ujung Gurun Village After Students Are Exposed To COVID

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PADANG - The Padang City Government, West Sumatra, has ensured that the face-to-face learning process at the elementary school level continues to run normally after the findings of positive cases of COVID-19 in two local elementary schools.

Padang Mayor Hendri Septa said positive cases of COVID-19 occurred in SD 23 and SD 24, Ujung Gurun Village, West Padang District. "For elementary schools whose students have tested positive for COVID-19, we have asked to temporarily stop teaching and learning activities," he said in Padang, Antara, Friday, February 4.

He said his party would monitor developments in the two schools for the next five days. For elementary school students 23 and 24 who are positively exposed to COVID-19 are students who have not been vaccinated.

"For this reason, his party will continue to increase vaccinations for children aged 6-11 years in the city of Padang," he said.

Currently, there are 7,000 children aged 6-11 years who have received vaccinations out of a total of 88,000 children in the city of Padang. It is not known when the pandemic will end.

So, continued Hendri, vaccinations given to all residents, including students aged 6-11 years, were an effort to fortify themselves from COVID-19.

"I would like to thank the schools, vaccinators and parents and all those who support the successful implementation of vaccination for our students. God willing, the COVID-19 storm will pass soon and we will return to normal life as usual," he said.

He conveyed, the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination in the city of Padang has now reached 80 percent and for the elderly it has reached 70 percent.