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Jan 2022
20m 36s

Uganda ends the longest school closure

Al Jazeera
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Uganda’s schools are back in session after the longest COVID-related closure of any country, close to two years. We speak with one journalist who is a mother and says it is hard to trust anyone else with her child’s health while a deadly virus is still circulating. But the United Nations says these school closures are already affecting children’s learning around the world.

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  • Halima Athumani (@Navilani) Freelance reporter

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