India News | Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases, Manipur Extends Closure of Schools
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Manipur government has extended the closure of schools until further orders due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, officials said on Tuesday.
Imphal, Jun 1 (PTI) The Manipur government has extended the closure of schools until further orders due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, officials said on Tuesday.
The state government had declared summer vacation in the schools from May 1 to May 31 to tackle the surge in coronavirus cases.
Commissioner Education (Schools) T Ranjit in an order said, there is still a need to close down all schools in public interest after due consideration of the prevailing COVID-19 positive cases and fatalities.
The order also said that "online classes will be resumed/ continued as usual with immediate effect".
All coaching classes and hostels will also remain closed, it said.
The state on Tuesday reported 798 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 51,549.
Eighteen fresh fatalities were also registered to take the death toll to 825. Schools in Manipur had reopened on January 27 after a gap of ten months for classes 9-12. In April, the state authority had announced to postone the matriculation examination and higher secondary examination which were scheduled to be held from May 6 and May 5 respectively.
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