Algeria, which is experiencing a decline in Covid-19, fell again this Thursday below the bar of 1,000 cases per day, with 951 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, and this ten days after the historic peak of 2,512 cases reached on Tuesday, January 24.
In this context of the decline of the pandemic, and unsurprisingly, Algeria has decided to reopen schools, after two weeks of closure. The decision to suspend classes in schools (primary, CEM, and high school) was taken on Wednesday, January 19, then extended from January 27 until February 5.
This Thursday, February 3, Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane decided to renew the current protection and prevention system against Covid-19, starting Friday, February 4. He also decided “the lifting of the measure of closure of schools, from Sunday, February 6”, according to a press release published on the website of the Prime Ministry.
“Severity required”
In the same context, the Government has decided to implement, with all the required severity, measures to close establishments, spaces, and places where any violation of the health measures enacted in this area would be observed, in particular, the requirement to wear of the protective mask, hygiene measures and physical distance as well as the health protocols dedicated to the different activities. This measure is accompanied by “the acceleration of the vaccination of national education personnel.
The government reiterated its “appeals to citizens to resort to vaccination, which remains the best means of prevention to protect our fellow citizens from the seriousness of the effects of this pandemic.
This time, he’s not just making calls. The government claims to have “decided to implement, with all the required severity, the measures to close establishments, spaces, and places where any violation of the health measures enacted in this area would be observed, in particular, the requirement to wear mask protection, hygiene measures, and physical distancing as well as the health protocols dedicated to the different activities.
