Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School will suspend onsite classes and return to remote learning next week after more than 900 of its students recently contracted Covid-19.
It is the latest large school forced to revert to online classes because of a sharp rise in accumulated infections among students. In all, 910 students at Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn have caught the virus.
Last week, Bangkok Christian College said it would resume online classes from July 11-19 after 688 students and 70 teachers and staff were infected with Covid-19.
Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn on Wednesday announced it was closing tomorrow for deep cleaning of its buildings and premises. Online classes will be conducted from July 25-27 and Aug 1-5. July 28 is a public holiday for His Majesty the King's birthday.
The school will return to onsite study on Aug 7. However, students must undergo an ATK test and send the result online to the school before returning.
Meanwhile, three out of every four people are worried by the fact that more Covid-19 cases have been found in schools, a survey by the Health Department has found.
Department chief Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said the poll was carried out from July 6-18, to find out whether people were worried by infections in schools.
He said 76% of an undisclosed number of respondents said they were worried.
Asked why, with each respondent allowed to give more than one answer, 69% said they feared children might spread the virus to their families; 55% were afraid infected children would develop severe symptoms; and 41% said child medical care and treatment could affect their work and income.
