Educational institutes in Thailand can reopen from August 13. However, they must ensure that public health measures are in place. (Photo: AFP/Getty) Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC)August 11 sent a letter to all educational institutes nationwide, telling themthey could resume teaching classes as normal from August 13.
However,they must ensure that five public health measures are in place.
Theseare self-health checks, ThaiChana check-in, temperature screening, mask-wearingand keeping hands clean, and social distancing. Large gatherings of studentsshould only be held after informing the local health office, said OBEC.
Thailandhas recorded no community infections for 78 days and no new COVID-19 infectionsfor the second day as of August 11, keeping the national tally at 3,351, theThai Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said.
However,Thanarak Plipat, deputy director general from the health ministry's Departmentof Disease Control, said Thailand should prepare personnel, organisations, andcommunities to deal with a second wave of infections that may emerge anytime.
Butmost importantly, people must not panic if there is a second COVID-19 wave, hestressed.
Meanwhile,the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has allowed ninth andtwelfth graders to return to schools next month in preparations for graduationexams in December.
However,the number of students in each class must not exceed 15, and they have toobserve COVID-19 prevention and control measures, the ministry said.
Cambodiaon August 11 confirmed 15 new imported COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’stally to 266, said a health ministry's statement.
Ofthe total cases, 220 have recovered. There have been no fatalities recorded inthe country so far.
To prevent the spread of the pandemic, the country has suspended flightsfrom the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia./.
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