J&K schools up to Class 9 to remain shut till April 18
Physical classes for students from classes 10 to 12 will also be suspended for a week, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's office said in a tweet on Sunday.
Representative Image. SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced that all schools for students up to Class 9 will remain closed for two weeks from April 5 in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the union territory.
Physical classes for students from classes 10 to 12 will also be suspended for a week, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's office said in a tweet on Sunday.
This comes days after the Jammu and Kashmir administration asked all district magistrates to take a call on the continuation of physical classes in schools amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in the union territory.
"In view of rising trend in #Covid19 cases in J&K & likelihood of young children getting infected & transmitting infection in large numbers, ALL classes up to & including Class 9 in schools will be closed for 2 weeks in all schools beginning on Monday, 5 April till 18 April, 21 in J&K," Sinha's office tweeted.
Schools for students of classes 10, 11 and 12 will also be closed for a week, it said.
"Further, all gatherings for social and customary functions will be restricted to 200 only and after following due Covid SOPs," it added.
Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir have shown an upward trajectory over the last few weeks. The union territory had recorded 501 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
Several schools in many districts were shut in the last few days after many students and teachers tested positive for Covid-19.
Physical classes for students from classes 10 to 12 will also be suspended for a week, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's office said in a tweet on Sunday.
This comes days after the Jammu and Kashmir administration asked all district magistrates to take a call on the continuation of physical classes in schools amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in the union territory.
"In view of rising trend in #Covid19 cases in J&K & likelihood of young children getting infected & transmitting infection in large numbers, ALL classes up to & including Class 9 in schools will be closed for 2 weeks in all schools beginning on Monday, 5 April till 18 April, 21 in J&K," Sinha's office tweeted.
Schools for students of classes 10, 11 and 12 will also be closed for a week, it said.
"Further, all gatherings for social and customary functions will be restricted to 200 only and after following due Covid SOPs," it added.
Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir have shown an upward trajectory over the last few weeks. The union territory had recorded 501 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
Several schools in many districts were shut in the last few days after many students and teachers tested positive for Covid-19.
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