Who will answer for 64,000 infected schoolchildren, says Najib

 

Najib Razak says 64,000 schoolchildren have been reported to be infected since May 18. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has questioned who will take responsibility for the 64,000 cases of Covid-19 infections among schoolchildren below 12 years old.

In a Facebook posting, he reminded the government that the education minister had urged parents in April not to be worried, and that the ministry had means of dealing with school clusters, after a total of 23,000 pupils were reported to have been infected since January.

He also reminded the government that he had called for schools to be closed immediately, before disaster struck.

“The minister has not replied until now how they will deal with it, but ordered schools to stay open,” he said.

However, the health ministry had reported today that 64,046 pupils under 12 had been found to be infected in the four days since May 18.

“It is not stated how many parents and elderly people have been infected by schoolchildren who brought the virus home,” he said.

“Who will answer for this?” - FMT