Covid-19, Omicron Cases In India Updates: Schools closed, New Year restrictions at universities as cases rise
Delhi government issued a yellow alert and shut down schools yesterday. JNU has also imposed a night curfew as the country is witnessing a surge in Omicron, Covid-19 cases.
NEW DELHI: India logged 309 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to 1,270, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 450 cases followed by Delhi at 320, Kerala 109 and Gujarat 97. As Covid-19, Omicron fear looms large, state governments have started shutting schools once again to prevent the spread of the virus. Several schools, colleges students have also tested positive for Covid-19.
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Delhi government issued a yellow alert and shut down schools with immediate effect yesterday evening following a high-level meeting on Covid-19 situation in the national capital. The DDMA, however, informed that online classes, CBSE registration, exam and related activities will continue as per schedule. The Delhi government also announced winter break for primary classes up to Class 5 from January 15, 2021. Following Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) orders, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) also imposed a night curfew at the university from December 27 from 11 pm to 5 pm till further orders.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) have banned students from leaving the campuses given the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai. IIT Bombay, NITIE Mumbai have put a blanket ban for students on campus on new year’s eve and new year’s day, December 31, 2021, and January 1, 2022. Several school students, medical, engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19. The rise in students testing positive for coronavirus was witnessed after the educational institutions started reopening and resuming offline classes. 33 Karnataka medical students, 13 engineering students in Pune college , and several school students tested positive. Universities like Calcutta University have decided to conduct semester exams online. However, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow is conducting AKTU odd semester exam 2021 in offline mode despite students protests to hold online exam. Students have also shared images of candidates not wearing masks and alleged that Covid-19 protocol was not in place. Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad took to Twitter to inform that she tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier, she had announced that the Maharashtra schools will be shut again if Omicron, Covid-19 cases increase.
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