KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Any school reporting at least one confirmed Covid-19 case will from now on have to be closed immediately for at least two days, and the affected students will switch to online learning during their school's closure.

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon told Sin Chew Daily this decision was made during a high-level ministerial meeting chaired by Senior Minister of Education Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin today.

During the two-day closure, district health officers will visit the affected school and conduct a risk assessment to determine if the closure should be extended or not, the deputy minister told the daily.

Mah said the ministry has been closely monitoring the pandemic situation at schools since physical classes started, and has been working with the Health Ministry on handling schools reporting Covid-19 cases.

He added that he has reached out to groups such as the United Chinese School Teachers' Association (Jiao Zong), United Chinese School Committees' Association (Dong Zong), Malaysian Chinese Language Council, National Union of School Heads and several parents' organisations on this mattter.

The decision will be submitted to the National Security Council for final approval, said Mah.