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FILE: Grade 7 pupils at a Western Cape primary school on 1 June 2020 sit in class after schools reopened following a national coronavirus lockdown, which started on 27 March 2020. Picture: @WCEDnews/Twitter.

Social distancing

WC Education MEC Schafer wants social distancing at schools to be scrapped

By Regan Thaw

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer explained that only about 12% of the province's primary schools could comply with COVID-19 guidelines.

  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    Motshekga calls for social distancing at schools to be reduced

    The Basic Education minister said that while children were back in the classroom in inland provinces, negotiations were continuing to reduce the COVID-19 regulations in schools, requiring children to be separated by up to a meter.

    218 days ago
  • Picture: @ECDOEZA/Twitter

    DBE talking to unions, Cabinet about decreasing social distancing in class

    Primary schools went back to full-time teaching this week but it quickly became apparent that many schools just did not have the space to welcome all learners back and keep them 1m apart.

    377 days ago
  • FILE: Grade 7 pupils at a Western Cape primary school on 1 June 2020 sit in class after schools reopened following a national coronavirus lockdown, which started on 27 March 2020. Picture: @WCEDnews/Twitter.

    Teacher unions want consultation over proposal to reduce class social distancing

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga wants Cabinet to consider revising the current stipulated requirement, down to just half a meter.

    377 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 23 December 2020, a pedestrian walks past a sign alerting people that "COVID-19 cases are very high in London - Stay at Home", in central London. Picture: AFP

    England set to lift mask, distancing rules as cases soar

    Johnson had initially aimed for a full reopening on June 21, but was forced to push back the date because of a surge in the highly contagious Delta variant.

    408 days ago
  • FILE: Meanwhile, the only STI to register a rise in cases was syphilis, up by 39% and qualified as "surprising" by FHI. Picture: sxc.hu.

    COVID measures cut Norway's sexually transmitted infections

    The country saw a 39% reduction in gonorrhoea cases, an 11% drop in chlamydia cases, and a 20% decline in HIV cases in 2020.

    440 days ago
  • The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    EXPLAINER: Can vaccinated people still spread COVID-19?

    What does the science show about transmission post-vaccination and can new variants change this equation?

    527 days ago
  • An information poster on the wearing of face masks and social distancing measures as well as the ban of alcoholic beverages during certain hours during the novel coronavirus pandemic is seen in the city of Nuremberg, southern Germany, on 28 October 2020. Picture: AFP

    COVID-19, pandemic and lockdown: How 2020 changed the world

    In the last 12 months, the novel coronavirus has paralysed economies, devastated communities and confined nearly four billion people to their homes. It has been a year that changed the world like no other for at least a generation, possibly since World War II.

    596 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    'Lockdown' is Collins Dictionary Word of the Year

    Lexicographers said they picked the word because it had become synonymous with the experience of populations across the world as governments look to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

    645 days ago
  • FILE: A pupil has his temperature taken at the Iphuteng Primary School in Alexandra, Johannesburg on 24 August 2020. Picture: @educationgp/Twitter

    ANALYSIS: What we must do to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in SA

    As lockdown restrictions are relaxed, it is key to continue high-impact non-pharmaceutical interventions that will not impede economic activity but limit the spread of COVID-19.

    666 days ago
  • Virgin Active logo. Picture: Facebook.

    Virgin Active gym facilities reach 100% capacity, but social distance maintained

    Health clubs and fitness centres countrywide received the green light from government to reopen under lockdown level two regulations which kicked in earlier this month.

    716 days ago
  • FILE: People stand in white circles drawn on the ground to adhere to social distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they wait for a bus at Nyabugogo bus station in Kigali, Rwanda, on 4 May 2020, the first day back from the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Picture: AFP

    For COVID-19, what is 'safe distancing'? It depends...

    A number of elements will determine how far is far enough when it comes to steering clear of COVID-19 infection.

    719 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    EXPLAINER: How coronavirus is affecting our mental health

    Social distancing has led to greater isolation and severe financial distress for many.

    743 days ago
  • A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) enforces social distancing as he makes shoppers hold their hands out in front of them to ensure that they are at least one metre apart from one another while they queue outside a supermarket in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 28 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    S. Africans must act better to curb spread of COVID-19 - Cuban doctor in WC

    Dr Pedro Manuel Perez Armas says South Africans need to improve their social distancing behaviour.

    763 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa interacting with communities across the nation through a virtual Presidential Imbizo on coronavirus. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Keeping distance from parents, elderly could save their lives – Ramaphosa

    In his weekly newsletter, the president has highlighted that older people are among those most at risk of contracting the coronavirus, along with those with underlying medical conditions.

    773 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.

    One metre or two? How social distancing affects COVID-19 risk

    A study in The Lancet this month found that physical distancing of at least 1m lowers risk of COVID-19 transmission, but that 2m could be more effective.

    785 days ago
  • People queue for taxis at the Baragwanath taxi rank on 27 March 2020. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    ANALYSIS: This is how SA can get COVID-19 under control

    South Africa's testing and tracing has not been at a level needed to suppress the spread of COVID-19. It must now focus on containing opportunities for super-spreading and transmissions.

    785 days ago
  • Fluffy minions were placed strategically around the auditorium to enforce a rule that viewers leave at least one place free between them and their neighbours. Picture: Twitter/mk2

    Minions usher French cinema-goers back after COVID-19

    Stuffed toy versions of the yellow, pill-shaped characters were placed strategically around the auditorium to enforce a rule that viewers leave at least one place free between them and their neighbours.

    786 days ago
  • Tazne van Wyk's funeral. Picture: SAPS.

    Funeral gatherings increase COVID-19 outbreaks, Gauteng govt warns

    Experts have long warned that the gatherings could act as stumbling blocks against efforts aimed at curbing the pandemic.

    788 days ago
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