NEWS STORY ASSIGNMENT
KEJRIWAL RULES OUT REOPENING OF
SCHOOLS IN DELHI FOR NOW
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, stated on Thursday that schools in the
national capital would not reopen for the time being because global patterns
indicate to a return of Covid-19, and that his administration will “not take any
risks” until everyone has been vaccinated.
“There is a worldwide trend of Covid-19 comeback through a third wave.
Therefore we cannot endanger the lives of children till the vaccination procedure
is completed for everyone,” Kejriwal remarked on the sidelines of an event. Since
March of last year, Delhi's schools have been mainly closed, and lessons have
migrated to the internet.
In the last 24 hours, Delhi has seen over 7,000 (7,437) new positive covid cases
and 24 deaths. There are 23,181 active cases in the national capital out of a total
of 6,98,005. It's the city's largest one-day increase since 2021, with 7,437 new
illnesses. Nevertheless, nearly 83,000 people in Delhi received COVID-19
vaccination injections, despite the city's biggest single-day surge of 7,437 cases
this year.
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Bihar are among the states
that have partially reopened schools this month. Madhya Pradesh has also
announced that schools will resume later this month. The administration of
Puducherry had previously said that schools will resume on July 16, however that
decision has now been postponed.
The Delhi government, on the other hand, has permitted the use of school
auditoriums and assembly halls for training and meetings, but physical teaching
and learning has been prohibited.
