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Centre allows districts with less than 5 per cent COVID positivity to reopen schools

Sweety Changsan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education said after taking into account the extensive vaccination coverage, the ministry had issued revised guidelines to states in December

Published on 3rd February 2022
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DDMA's move to not open Delhi schools even as other states do so, disappoints principals and parents

Though the schools were briefly reopened, they have shut again on December 28 last year in view of the third wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant

Published on 29th January 2022
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Karnataka's Education Minister BC Nagesh hints at reopening schools, says gov't had prioritised child safety by closing

Nagesh said that COVID cases were reported in more numbers at residential hostels. He said that COVID cases there have decreased ever since precautionary restrictions were enforced

Published on 27th January 2022
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Govt Stanley Medical College Hospital, Govt Kilpauk Medical College Hospital and others in Chennai turn into COVID clusters 

In mid-December last year, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital reported a major COVID-19 cluster of healthcare workers

Published on 7th January 2022
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At the moment, Kerala not considering closing educational institutions: Edu Minister V Sivankutty

On January 5, 2022, the costal state of Kerala reported 230 Omicron cases and the daily case number climbed to 4,801

Published on 6th January 2022
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Educational institutions in Odisha are fighting COVID-19 cluster outbreaks 

Dr SK Mishra, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), informed that at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sargipali, 36 students and one employee had tested positive on January 4, 2022

Published on 6th January 2022
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Here's where the COVID-positivity rate is at among students since schools opened up

A total of 34 students have tested COVID positive on Wednesday taking the total number of students to 117 since September 1 when the schools in Tamil Nadu for Classes IX to XII reopened

Published on 16th September 2021
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Karnataka reopens schools for students of classes 6 to 8 in taluks where COVID positivity below 2%

It is mandatory for students to submit a consent letter from their parents to attend offline classes and these classes are not compulsory, as there is a provision of online classes also

Published on 6th September 2021
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Karnataka to open high schools in districts which have less than 2 per cent of positivity of COVID infection

If COVID cases get reported in schools after reopening, they will be closed for a period of 1 week and then opened

Published on 15th August 2021
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COVID-19: India records over 38,000 fresh infections, daily positivity rate at 2.39 per cent

The cumulative caseload in the country reached 3,18,95,385 including 4,12,153 active infections. The active cases constitute only 1.29 per cent of the total infections

Published on 7th August 2021
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Threat of third wave looms large as centre asks districts with high positivity rates to consider curbs

The Centre has urged the states to ramp up their testing for detection of COVID-19 amidst rising daily positvity rates in some states

Published on 31st July 2021
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Twenty-two districts recorded an increasing trend in COVID cases, fifty-four districts report 10 per cent positivity: Health Ministry

Lav Agarwal said there are still 62 districts in the country where over 100 cases are reported every day, which are found in a localised and limited set of areas of these districts

Published on 27th July 2021
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Centre instructs states to ensure strict containment actions in districts with positivity rate of above 10 per cent

The letter was written to Rajasthan, Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, Puducherry, Odisha, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Assam

Published on 30th June 2021
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How Narayan Seva Sansthan's Corona Kit helped over 2,700 COVID patients get essential meds

In today's Daily Positivity story, we explore the Corona Kit, a care package comprising essential COVID medicines, that was distributed across the country

Published on 22nd June 2021
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Therapy, sharing circles and more — this 26-year-old Mumbaikar is ensuring that the mental health of COVID warriors gets the attention it needs

One Future Collective, founded by Vandita Moraka, is out there making sure that COVID warriors aren't bogged down by mental fatigue by offering them different types of therapy options    

Published on 21st June 2021

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