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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi\u2019s prestigious school, the Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu, has become the first school to be closed in the country due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the district.<\/p>\n

According to the school\u2019s press statement issued on Thursday, which Nyasa Times has seen, the management is advising learners to leave the campus Friday or Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents are told to settle fees balances before collecting their children at the Campus,\u201d read part of the statement. The development according to the statement is inline with the health authorities advice.<\/p>\n

It has also reported that six teachers and two members of staff at Mtunthama Community Day Secondary School, which is close to the academy have been tested positive to covid-19. In the last three days, Kasungu district has registered one death and 59 Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawi\u2019s prestigious school, the Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu, has become the first school to be closed in the country due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the district. According to the school\u2019s press statement issued on Thursday, which Nyasa Times has seen, the management is advising learners to leave the campus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25,8,9],"tags":[233,371,234,1359,1358],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-featured","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi","tag-mtunthama-community-day","tag-prestigious-school"],"yoast_head":"\nKamuzu Academy closes over Covid-19 surge - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malawi\u2019s prestigious school, the Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu, has become the first school to be closed in the country due ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kamuzu Academy closes over Covid-19 surge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malawi\u2019s prestigious school, the Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu, has become the first school to be closed in the country due ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-27T11:56:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-60fff3305aecf.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kamuzu Academy closes over Covid-19 surge\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-27T11:56:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-60fff3305aecf.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\",\"Mtunthama Community Day\",\"prestigious school\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/kamuzu-academy-closes-over-covid-19-surge\",\"name\":\"Kamuzu Academy closes over Covid-19 surge - 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