At a meeting of the national steering committee for prevention and control of the disease on Friday, Deputy PM Dam, who is also head of the committee, said students’ health and safety remain the first priority. If schools resume teaching, they must assure the safest possible environment for the students, Mr. Dam said. Besides, it is important to make parents believe that their children are safe from coronavirus while attending schools, he added.

Deputy PM Dam also stressed that as special attention must be paid to public consensus, ministries, sectors and localities must carefully consider the resumption of classes, while continuing the prevention and control of the disease.