COTONOU, Benin - Benin on Saturday was conducting mass coronavirus testing of teachers ahead of the reopening of schools as part of a plan to loosen measures against the pandemic.
The West African nation of 11 million is set to end six weeks of travel restrictions to key cities and allow some students back to classrooms from Monday.
Countries across the globe are wrestling with issues of how to roll back restrictions while keeping a lid on the virus. The country has in recent days seen its tally of confirmed infections double to 284 as testing has been ratcheted up. Masks will be distributed to pupils and nursery schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year.
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