If a school detects one pupil suffering from fever, it must isolate the pupil first. If the fever does not subside for more than one hour, we will call health officers, or we will promptly bring the pupil to the healthcare facility for further treatmJakarta (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta Region II Education Office has directed schools that have reopened with 100 percent capacity to intensify health protocol enforcement following reports of the Omicron variant being detected in the city.
Reopened schools must prepare hand-washing equipment as well as enforce mask usage and social distancing among students and teachers, head of the regional education office, Abd Rachem, said.
"If a school detects one pupil suffering from fever, it must isolate the pupil first. If the fever does not subside for more than one hour, we will call health officers, or we will promptly bring the pupil to the healthcare facility for further treatment," Rachem informed here on Tuesday.
If one student is confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, the school will conduct contact tracing to identify other students and teachers who came in contact with the student, he said.
While the school completes contact tracing, offline learning activities will be suspended for three days, he added.
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If more than one pupil is confirmed COVID-19 positive after visiting the school, the contact tracing activity will be continued and learning activities suspension will be extended, he said.
"If we suspect an infection cluster at one school, the school will be closed for five days as all pupils and teachers will need to undergo the contact tracing procedure," Rachem added.
The education office has continued to promote vaccinations for children aged 6–11 years old in regions under its jurisdiction, currently recorded at 87 percent of the target population, he said.
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Vaccinations will serve as an extra shield for children and their families and protect them from COVID-19, particularly during offline school activities, the education office head noted.
As per the records of the South Jakarta regional authorities, as of Tuesday (January 4, 2022), 122 thousand children aged 6–11 years old have received COVID-19 shots in the region.
Meanwhile, South Jakarta Mayor Munjirin reiterated his commitment to expediting vaccinations to achieve the target of vaccinating 242 thousand children.
"We will expedite the vaccination process to ensure that all children aged 6-11 years old in the region are vaccinated," Munjirin said.
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