The School’s principal, Braam van Wyk, in a letter addressed to parents explains the school’s foundation phase classes have been divided into two groups that attend on alternative days. He appeals to grade 1 and 3 B-groups to not come to school next week. 

Van Wyk confirms decontamination of classes is underway and the school in taking all precautionary Covid-19 measures to keep pupils and teachers safe. 

The St Michael’s girls’ school confirmed case comes just days after OFM News reported on Grey College in Bloemfontein, where teaching and learning was disrupted for the second time since schools reopened in June. In a letter addressed to parents, the school’s principal, Deon Scheepers, confirmed that another grade 12 learner had tested positive for Covid-19.

The school reported its first case when a grade 12 hostel learner from Pietermaritzburg tested positive for the Coronavirus.

Teaching and learning has since resumed at Grey College.

The province now has 7 312 positive cases, with 45 deaths and 1 033 recoveries. The Mangaung Metro which includes Bloemfontein, Botshabelo, Thaba Nchu and Naledi remains an epicentre. 

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