Lampung Education And Culture Office Firmly, If There Are Students Who Are Exposed To COVID-19, They Will Immediately Close For 3 Days

Illustration - Implementation of face-to-face learning in Lampung. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Lampung Province Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud) stated that schools will be closed for three days if students are found to be exposed to COVID-19 as a mitigation measure. In the educational environment, one school must be closed for at least three days," said Secretary of the Lampung Province Education and Culture Office, Tommy Efra Handarta, in Bandarlampung, as reported by Antara, Thursday, September 23. The education unit environment which is indicated to be exposed to COVID-19 is one of the efforts to anticipate the spread of COVID-19 during face-to-face learning (PTM). face to face," he said.

According to him, each education unit must also form a health team in charge of monitoring the implementation of health protocols and tracing cases if there are indications of exposure to COVID-19 in the education unit environment. The implementation of health protocols, spraying, and tracing have all been regulated," he said. He explained that the provision of swab tests for schools indicated that their students were exposed to COVID-19 was still in further discussion. , but what is certain is that the implementation of health protocols must be strict during face-to-face learning," he said. He continued that currently there are 13 districts and cities that have started to implement face-to-face schools, but for the City of Bandarlampung and Metro the face-to-face learning is in a trial status because see the condition of the spread of COVID-19. After the outbreak began, face-to-face learning in Lampung until the latest data on Friday (17/9) the number of educators and education personnel who were vaccinated at the high school level for the first dose was 78 percent or approximately 22 thousand people, while for the second dose there were 68 percent or if There are about 18 thousand people converted from a total target of 29 thousand people. Meanwhile, based on data from the Lampung Provincial Health Office on Tuesday (21/9), the number of youth vaccinations in Lampung was 1.93 percent or 17.002 children had received the first dose, while for the second dose there were 1. 6,592 people or about 0.75 percent. While the total target is 880,203 children.