New Delhi: Schools in Delhi and four other states reopened from Monday after a wave of\u00a0 COVID cases had led to their closure in December.\u00a0 Physical classes for classes 9 to 12 resumed today in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, and Bihar.<\/p>\n
In Delhi, classes for Nursery to standard 8 will resume on February 14, and in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced that online classes for students would also continue in the national capital.<\/p>\n
The Centre had last week said that districts with a COVID positivity rate lower than 5 percent could reopen schools, but the decision would rest with the state governments.<\/p>\n
Noting that the pandemic situation has become better<\/a> and there has been a consistent decline in new COVID-19 cases, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul had said “we have more confidence now to go in the direction of reopening schools”.<\/p>\n Schools in Delhi were briefly reopened before being closed again on December 28 last year in view of the third wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Delhi reported 1,410 new COVID-19 cases with the positivity rate declining to 2.4 percent.<\/p>\n You might also want to read https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/wuhan-scientists-warn-of-new-covid-neocov-high-death-rate-spread\/<\/a><\/p>\n