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State health director says some school managements did not comply with SOPs.

The Petaling district health office says the closures are to allow disinfection work at the schools and screening activities for close contacts.

Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg says the state itself will not be placed under MCO, citing the need to balance lives and livelihoods.

He says if cases involve only students and not school staff, the school can remain open.

France’s new lockdown underlines the cost of the European Union’s slow rollout of anti-Covid vaccines.

Children in high school should be able to get the vaccines 'sometime this fall', although data is still being compiled on their safety and efficacy for younger children who may not receive the jabs until late 2021 or early 2022, he says.

Government ministers have declared that the move is an unacceptable insult to French cuisine.

While inoculation drives have been gaining pace, with nearly 172 million vaccine doses given worldwide, most of the jabs have so far gone to richer countries.

Schools that practise social distancing, mask-wearing and other precautions have not seen rapid spread of coronavirus although indoor sports activities should be avoided, researchers say.

School closure should be implemented as a last resort, be temporary and only at a local level in areas with intense transmission, WHO says.

They say the exams merely emphasise the 3R's of reception, retention and recollection without sharpening students' thinking and communication skills.

From changes in government to the impact of Covid-19, teachers, parents and students experienced a whirlwind of events this year.