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A Harare Polytechnic Student was Suspended on Monday for hugging a friend on campus.
Yolanda Musithu, a female student studying for a National Diploma in Office Management and Blessing Pasipanodya a Draughting and Design Technology (DDT) student are accused of violating the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Child Care COVID-19 prevention measures.
The suspension was made in a letter written by the school authorities.
“You, Yolanda Musithu C, a student at Harare Polytechnic doing National Diploma in Office Management violated WHO, Government and Harare Polytechnic COVID19 regulations.”
“You were caught by the Principal on 22 March 2021 hugging Blessing Pasipanodya an NC DDT student.”
The letter added that this was in direct violation of WHO, Government and institutional standing COVID 19 regulations.
While WHO and the government have not banned hugging, health authorities encourage social distancing to minimise the transmission of the coronavirus from one person to another.
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