The Public Prosecution has announced the obligations that educational institutions or any other educational organisations must abide by if they suspect a student or others has a communicable disease, such as Covid-19.

The Public Prosecution has commented that, under Article (12) of the Federal Law No. (14) of 2014 Concerning the Prevention of Communicable Diseases, if a director of an educational institution or any other facility suspects that any of the students or employees has been infected with a communicable disease, such as Covid-19, the director must refer the suspected individual to a specialist doctor for an examination and file a report about the person, including stating the nature of his/her disease. If it is proven that the person has this disease, the director must inform the Ministry or health authority immediately and take the appropriate measures and precautions to prevent the spread of the illness.

''Directors of educational institutions or any other facilities, the Ministry and the health authority must isolate the infected person and his contacts, or put them under quarantine, whether by preventing them from entering the facility or by using any other way that prevents them from being in contact with other subjects during periods indicated by the law, or those determined by the Ministry or the health authority,'' the law states. 

The person in charge of the educational institution or any other facility may not accept the return of the person infected with a communicable disease to the facility from which they were removed, unless the individual has fulfilled all of the conditions determined by the Ministry of the health authority for their return to the facility to which they belong to.

The Public Prosecution published this information as part of its ongoing campaign aimed to promote the legal culture and raising public awareness about the urgency of curbing and combating Covid-19.

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