Schools have reopened in Liberia for the first time in six months after being closed as a precaution against Ebola. But, notes a Deutsche Welle report, before the thousands of Liberian schoolchildren returned to their classrooms, Francis Abu Jarbateh, a member of the team from the National Catholic Health Council of Liberia, gave a lecture to teachers, parents and education support staff on hygiene. Also, before classes resumed, children had to wash their hands and have their temperatures taken.
The Liberian government had insisted on these preparatory workshops as one of the conditions for the re-opening of the nation's schools. With a strict hygiene routine in place, education authorities believe they can prevent the disease from flaring up in the classroom.
[link url="http://allafrica.com/stories/201502162077.html"]Full Deutsche Welle report[/link]