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Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves visits a primary school on Sept. 7, 2020, the first day of the school year. On Wednesday, he urged students to wear their facemasks on their way home also. (Photo: Lance Neverson/Facebook)
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves visits a primary school on Sept. 7, 2020, the first day of the school year. On Wednesday, he urged students to wear their facemasks on their way home also. (Photo: Lance Neverson/Facebook)
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Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is urging teachers and parent to remind students that they should wear their facemasks on their way home.

“In fact, I noticed that when the students come out of the bubble to go home, lunchtime and in the afternoon — one afternoon last week, at about 3:05, 3:10, I drove down back street and I saw about 60, 70 students from different schools. I only saw one student from the St. Joseph’s convent in her uniform that she had on the mask,” the prime minister said on NBC Radio on Wednesday.

The government says that the wearing of mask to and from school is highly recommended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

However, neither students nor teachers are expected to wear facemask during classes as the home and school are considered as “bubbles”.

Gonsalves said:

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“We have to make sure that the teachers remind the students, the parents remind the students.”

He further said that he knows that the wearing of facemasks is not an easy thing.

“But we have to get accustomed to the idea and it is just in case — we are going to have to make sure that persons wear them,” the prime minister said.  

“They are highly recommended. Highly recommended doesn’t mean not required to be worn. If they give you a textbook and say it’s highly recommended, it may not be a required text but it is a highly recommended text from which you can learn a great deal. And, therefore, should be embraced. So I’m urging everyone with that,” Gonsalves said.

4 replies on “PM reminds students to wear facemasks on way home”

  1. Elma Gabrie-Mayers says:

    To keep COVID-19 at recess, I LIKE THIS CONCEPT “The SVG PM remind students to wear their facemasks on their way home. “However, neither students nor teachers are expected to wear facemask during classes as the home and school are considered as “bubbles”.

  2. If my child was there she would have surely ran out of the class crying for help, can imagine what’s going through these young minds. Father in Heaven, protect and bless them.

  3. If I had a child I would make sure they DID NOT wear a facemask. Studies from the WHO and CDC have concluded many times that a facemask is a waste of time. It does not prevent a person from getting the virus and it does not stop the spread. In fact WEARING A FACEMASK INCREASES THE RISK OF GETTING SICK!
    Our Health Officials need to research all the latest information and TEACH our citizens instead of allowing us to be indoctrinated and frightened with FAKE SCIENCE. This is not NAZI Germany! Instead look at Holland, Belarus, Sweden, where NO CHILDREN HAVE DIED AND THEY DID NOT GO ALONG WITH FAKE SCIENCE DESIGNED TO MAKE US ALL SCARED AND COMPLIANT!

    INSTEAD READ THE RESULTS OF VIRTUALLY ALL STUDIES DONE BY THE CDC!!!

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