Authorities in Sharjah on Tuesday issued Covid-19 safety guidelines for private schools before the new academic year begins on August 29.
All school staff and pupils aged 12 and above must have a negative PCR test to return, Sharjah Private Education Authority said.
Staff and teachers should have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine but can be exempt if they have a medical condition.
Exemptions will need a doctor’s report and must take a weekly PCR test.
New employees who are coming from outside the country and are unvaccinated will be allowed on campus for two months during which they should get inoculated. Until then, they will need to take a PCR test every week.
Pupils do not need to be vaccinated to return to school but authorities urged children to take the injection to help control the spread of the virus.
The Ministry of Health and Protection in the UAE listed seven categories of people who are exempt from vaccination.
The categories are:
- Covid-19 patients.
- Participants in clinical trials.
- Pregnant women.
Those who have received a vaccine outside the country.
Anyone who has shown severe sensitivity to vaccines in the past or from any of the components of the vaccines.
Patients with a disease that may conflict with the vaccine. Such people will be given an exemption after a medical evaluation.
Those who have been infected with the virus and recovered.
Know your cyber adversaries
Cryptojacking: Compromises a device or network to mine cryptocurrencies without an organisation's knowledge.
Distributed denial-of-service: Floods systems, servers or networks with information, effectively blocking them.
Man-in-the-middle attack: Intercepts two-way communication to obtain information, spy on participants or alter the outcome.
Malware: Installs itself in a network when a user clicks on a compromised link or email attachment.
Phishing: Aims to secure personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
Ransomware: Encrypts user data, denying access and demands a payment to decrypt it.
Spyware: Collects information without the user's knowledge, which is then passed on to bad actors.
Trojans: Create a backdoor into systems, which becomes a point of entry for an attack.
Viruses: Infect applications in a system and replicate themselves as they go, just like their biological counterparts.
Worms: Send copies of themselves to other users or contacts. They don't attack the system, but they overload it.
Zero-day exploit: Exploits a vulnerability in software before a fix is found.
F1 2020 calendar
March 15 - Australia, Melbourne; March 22 - Bahrain, Sakhir; April 5 - Vietnam, Hanoi; April 19 - China, Shanghai; May 3 - Netherlands, Zandvoort; May 20 - Spain, Barcelona; May 24 - Monaco, Monaco; June 7 - Azerbaijan, Baku; June 14 - Canada, Montreal; June 28 - France, Le Castellet; July 5 - Austria, Spielberg; July 19 - Great Britain, Silverstone; August 2 - Hungary, Budapest; August 30 - Belgium, Spa; September 6 - Italy, Monza; September 20 - Singapore, Singapore; September 27 - Russia, Sochi; October 11 - Japan, Suzuka; October 25 - United States, Austin; November 1 - Mexico City, Mexico City; November 15 - Brazil, Sao Paulo; November 29 - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi.
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Ms Davison came to Dubai from Kerala after her marriage in 1996 when she was 21-years-old
Since 2001, Ms Davison has worked at many affordable schools such as Our Own English High School in Sharjah, and The Apple International School and Amled School in Dubai
Favourite Book: The Alchemist
Favourite quote: Failing to prepare is preparing to fail
Favourite place to Travel to: Vienna
Favourite cuisine: Italian food
Favourite Movie : Scent of a Woman
