Delhi chief

Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia has hinted that schools in the national capital may not open till we get vaccine. All schools and universities across the country were closed on March 16 after the Centre announced a lockdown as part of measures to contain Corona outbreak. “Until we get some vaccine, schools (in Delhi) are not likely to open,” Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s education minister was quotedsaying by PTI report.

Earlier on October 30, he had announced that schools will remain closed until further orders, saying parents were not in favour of sending their ward to schools yet. “We keep getting feedback from parents that they are really concerned about whether it is safe to reopen schools. It is not. Wherever schools have reopened, Covid-19 cases among children have risen. So we have decided that as of now schools in the national capital will not reopen. They will continue to be closed till further orders,” Sisodia had said then.

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A nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25. While several restrictions have been eased in different ‘unlock’ phases, educational institutions continue to remain closed. According to ‘Unlock 5’ guidelines, states can take a call on reopening schools in phases. Several states also began the process of reopening schools. While some of them announced closure again due to rise in coronavirus cases. Earlier, schools were allowed to call students from Class 9 to 12 to school on voluntary basis from September 21. However, the Delhi government decided against it.

Though overall positive cases have decreased across the country in recent days, some States including Delhi continue witnessing high number of daily cases. The city recorded 4,454 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday and a positivity rate of 11.94 per cent while 121 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,512, authorities said. This is the sixth time in the last 12 days that the daily number of deaths has crossed the 100-mark.

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