{"id":237469,"date":"2020-03-13T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/237469\/mec-engage-parents-martin-primary-covid-19-concerns\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:53:34","slug":"mec-engage-parents-martin-primary-covid-19-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/13\/mec-engage-parents-martin-primary-covid-19-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC to engage parents of Martin Primary on Covid-19 concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The attendance of learners at Martin Primary School in Boksburg has dropped from 1 050 to only 303 on Friday following reports that a parent at the school could have the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, minister of health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, confirmed a new case of the coronavirus in Gauteng. It was confirmed that the new case was a parent of two children at this school, said Steve Mabona, spokesperson for Gauteng Department of Education, on Friday afternoon.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/235118\/martin-primary-operating-normal-amid-coronavirus-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primary school in Boksburg operating as normal amid coronavirus report<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>As soon as the parent went for the test he isolated himself and his family while awaiting the test results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point our school health officials, working with the Gauteng Department of Health and NICD are adequately attending to this matter and following all protocols in the management of this situation,\u201d said Mabona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe academic programme at the school will continue as normal on Monday, March 16, unless otherwise advised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng Education acting MEC Jacob Mamabolo will \u202aon Monday visit the school to interact with parents and provide school health officials, Gauteng Health and NICD with a platform to address parents to allay their fears and advise on a way forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequent to a parent notice which was circulated on Thursday, March 12, through the school communication platform, parents are keeping their children at home,\u201d said Mamabolo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to engage parents on this matter and pave a way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='8b61eff9879765ee65d2aac631970518'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learner attendance at the school dropped significantly since Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":237470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton East\/South","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[30779,30701,30507,30771,24944,30806,30807,2060,30808,30809,2749,30810],"class_list":["post-237469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-coronavirusoutbreak","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-or-coronavirus","tag-express","tag-gauteng-education-acting-mec-jacob-mamabolo","tag-in-boksburg","tag-kempton-express","tag-martin-primary-school","tag-nicd","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-steve-mabona"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["#CoronavirusOutbreak","Coronavirus","Covid-19","COVID-19 or coronavirus","Express","Gauteng Education Acting MEC Jacob Mamabolo","in Boksburg","kempton express","Martin Primary School","nicd","Puleng Sekabate","Steve Mabona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}