{"id":65964,"date":"2020-05-30T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T08:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=65964"},"modified":"2020-05-30T09:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T08:05:44","slug":"cameroon-to-open-schools-on-june-1-eases-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/cameroon-to-open-schools-on-june-1-eases-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon to open schools on June 1, eases lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cameroon authorities have further eased coronavirus lockdown restrictions by opening schools and other training centers suspended since March 17 to curb the spread of the virus, the country&#8217;s prime minister has said.<\/h2>\n<p>&#8221;The resumption of classes, in all levels of education, as well as in professional schools and vocational training centers, will effectively take place on Monday, 1 June 2020, throughout the national territory,&#8221; Joseph Dion Ngute said late Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision was made after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday dedicated to the review of the government&#8217;s strategy against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Dion Ngute also said nursery schools and intermediate classes in primary and secondary schools are not concerned by the resumption of classes on June 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I urge all ministers in charge of education to maintain dialogue with the entire educational community, parent-teachers&#8217; associations and the Teacher&#8217;s Union, for the success of the activities being undertaken,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Central African country has so far confirmed 5,436 coronavirus cases, with 175, and 1,996 recoveries, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Several African countries have decided to ease lockdown restrictions by June 1, and open schools and places of warship.<\/p>\n<p>But the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for caution as countries in Africa ease lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We must all remain vigilant. As more countries begin to ease confinement measures, it is vital that effective testing and surveillance systems are in place to detect any spike in cases,&#8221; Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said at a press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Ending a lockdown is not an event, but a process, and it\u2019s important to have a clear view of local conditions so informed decisions can be made about how to relax these measures.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon authorities have further eased coronavirus lockdown restrictions by opening schools and other training centers suspended since March 17 to curb the spread of the virus, the country&#8217;s prime minister has said. &#8221;The resumption of classes, in all levels of education, as well as in professional schools and vocational training centers, will effectively take place &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[49977,78530,41438],"class_list":["post-65964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-cameroon-africa","tag-covid-19","tag-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}