Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley says that all schools will re­main closed un­til the start of the third school term, April 20.

He made the an­nounce­ment at a news con­fer­ence fol­low­ing a spe­cial meet­ing of the Cab­i­net Mon­day morn­ing.

Schools were ini­tial­ly closed for one week be­fore the ex­ten­sion was an­nounced.

The prime min­is­ter al­so ap­pealed to pri­vate school own­ers to al­so shut their doors, say­ing that the aim is to re­duce gath­er­ings.

The prime min­is­ter al­so called on church­es to stop con­gre­gat­ing, say­ing that as long as peo­ple con­gre­gate the chance of the virus spread­ing will be in­creased.

He told the me­dia that bars will al­so be shut down.

This is a de­vel­op­ing sto­ry and we will have more on it lat­er.