In Karnataka, schools are getting ready to reopen after a very long break. By then all teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated.
As schools have to be re-opened sooner and students cannot rely on online classes for long, all teachers and other staff of schools will be vaccinated on priority across the state for the safety of students, Sudhakar told reporters.
Once the pandemic broke out in mid-March 2020, the schools were kept shut to protect the students, and the virus spread. The present online or virtual classes are affecting the students and their mental health and it’s very important, to begin with, offline classes for students. Sudhakar said that the state government was consulting health experts, parents, and other stakeholders on when schools could be reopened at least in non-containment zones across the state. Colleges and universities across the state have been allowed to reopen from July 26 under the Covid-induced guidelines of the Union health ministry, the majority of the teaching faculty and students above 18 years received at least one dose of the vaccine, said Sudhakar, a medical doctor by profession.
Over 2.8 crore people have been inoculated with Covishield or Covaxin till Thursday across the state since the vaccination drive was launched in the southern state on January 16. In addition to vaccination, many people across the state have developed antibodies to strengthen their immunity. The majority of parents and family members of school and college students have also been vaccinated to protect from the virus said Sudhakar. The state government plans to reopen schools in a phased manner to ensure Covid appropriate behavior by students, faculty, and non-teaching staff for containing the virus spread.
We are subjecting 5 percent of the total cases to genomic sequencing to look for new variants of Coronavirus such as Delta and Delta plus. We are sharing the scientific data with the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Union Health Ministry, added Sudhakar. With 1,653 new cases registered on Wednesday, the states Covid tally rose to 28,89,994, including 24,695 active cases, while 28,28,893 recovered so far, with 2,572 patients discharged during the day, according to the state health bulletin.
Students are excited to get back to school to bring back their best school days.
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