{"id":9276,"date":"2021-04-26T13:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9276"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:52:45","slug":"covid-20-schools-in-penang-ordered-to-close-for-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9276","title":{"rendered":"COVID: 20 schools in Penang ordered to close for two days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GEORGE TOWN, April 26 &#8212; Twenty primary and secondary&nbsp;schools in Penang have been ordered to close for two days due to COVID-19 infection cases,&nbsp;Penang Education director Abdul Rashid Abdul Samad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe schools were ordered to close for two days to enable sanitisation work to be carried out and for the school management to reassess the risk before any decision (on whether to extend the closure) can be made,\u201d he told Bernama when contacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-13.30.14.png\" alt=\"ordered to close\" class=\"wp-image-9277\" width=\"507\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-13.30.14.png 587w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-13.30.14-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-13.30.14-182x100.png 182w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-13.30.14-350x192.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Without giving any details on the schools involved, Abdul Rashid said, during the closure, the affected students will continue they studies through the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) method according to their school timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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