NUTP: Safer for parents rather than teachers to conduct weekly Covid-19 tests on primary school pupils


PETALING JAYA: Parents and not teachers should conduct the weekly Covid-19 tests on primary school pupils, says the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP).

Its secretary-general Wang Heng Suan said the tests of the selected pupils should be carried out by parents at home a day before class, using the self-test kits provided.

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