{"id":3120,"date":"2020-12-15T09:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2020-12-15T09:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:26:09","slug":"covid19-kaduna-govt-shutdown-schools-over-fears-of-fresh-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/covid19-kaduna-govt-shutdown-schools-over-fears-of-fresh-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid19: Kaduna Govt Shutdown Schools over Fears of Fresh Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the recent fears of rising cases of\u00a0 Coronavirus pandemic diseases, called Covid19, the Kaduna State Ministry of Education has directed all schools in the State to close on Wednesday, 16th December 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement on Monday Evening, Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Shehu Usman Muhammad said, \u201cthe ministry wishes to inform the general public, parents, guardians and students of the date of school\u2019s closure due to rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state which shows a replicate of figures recorded in the first wave of the pandemic in April, May and June 2020. Indicating that a new wave of the infection is rapidly spreading across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe state\u2019s ministry of health has further confirmed that, while the infections cut across age groups, this new wave, especially, affects those between 10 and 35 years (which form a majority of the populace in the education sector).<\/p>\n\n\n\n