Natu disagrees with COVID-19 school infection numbers eNCA
Its President Allen Thompson says the figures are way beyond 1,500."We estimated that more than 4,000 people have been infected now and we will be able to give evidence to the department why are we saying the information they have is not correct.
"We are on the ground we are getting reports. We have got teachers who say they have tested positive but they have just been told to remain at home," said"There are also reported cases of learners but those cases are not counted as people who have been infected while they are in the schooling system."
Sadtu and other unions want schooling suspended until after the COVID-19 peak has passed. Over 1,500 pupils and teachers have contracted COVID-19 since schooling resumed. National Teachers Union president Allen Thompson spoke to
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