Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that until the government is fully confident that the Covid-19 situation in the national capital is under control, “schools will not be reopened.” Speaking to the ANI news agency, Jain said: “The positivity rate in Delhi has dropped to 8.5% in the last 3 weeks. Hopefully a vaccine will come out soon. Until we are completely sure the situation is under control, no school will reopen. “
On Tuesday, Delhi’s Chief Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia also said schools are unlikely to reopen until a vaccine is available.
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In recent days, Delhi has been the epicenter of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. The city recorded 5,246 new infections and 99 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its total number of cases to 545,787, including 8,720 deaths, according to a Delhi government bulletin. On November 11, Delhi recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day of 8,593.
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On Thursday, Jain’s cabinet and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) colleague, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai, tweeted to announce that he had tested positive for Covid-19. Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal was one of eight senior ministers who attended a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week to discuss the Covid-19 situation, as well as a distribution plan for a possible vaccine.
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With the coronavirus situation out of control in Delhi, the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah had chaired an emergency meeting on November 15, after which a 12-point action plan to control the pandemic was announced. .
The Delhi government had previously announced that schools in the national capital would remain closed until October 31. Then last month, he announced that schools will remain closed until new orders are placed.
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