More than 650,000 Egyptian students started their Thanaweya Amma high school exams nationwide on Sunday amid heightened precautionary measures to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.
Egypt’s cabinet has said that 100 million coronavirus-related protection products, including 33 million face masks, gloves and hand sanitizers have been delivered to schools where the exams are being held.
Sanitizing gates and temperature-reading devices have also been sent to exam venues, Education Minister Tarek Shawky said.
Special medical teams have been tasked with monitoring students’ temperatures and ensuring physical distancing rules are observed and protective face masks are worn by all students.
Egypt’s health ministry had earlier said that 560 ambulances would be stationed outside schools nationwide to transport any suspected coronavirus cases to special hospitals.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
