This follows after Monakali’s department received a donation of 250 000 facial masks on Friday.

Monakali said that the masks will go a long way to ensuring that schools in the province adhere to Covid-19 regulations and also ensuring that the school curriculum carries on uninterrupted.

Van Loi thanked Deputy Minister Botes for connecting the embassy with the Northern Cape.

He said that building solidarity and a partnership will help improve the fight against Covid-19.

Northern Cape schools have recently been in the spotlight with an increased rate of positive cases.

Meanwhile, OFM News previously reported that the Northern Cape Department of Education had raised concerns about academic recovery in schools, following the outbreak of Covid-19.

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This was due to the high number of cases that flocked the Northern Cape school, leading to the closure of seven schools.

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