Schools, colleges & gyms to reopen in Delhi; check more restrictions scrapped by the government
Ten News Network
New Delhi, February 4: DDMA in its key Covid review meeting on Friday decided to reopen schools from February 7 for classes 9-12 & has also further eased certain other COVID restraints to get the life of Delhites back on track.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia briefing about seven important decisions made by DDMA in its meeting informed, “All Schools will reopen from February 7 for Class 9-12 and hybrid/online will also be continued; He added, Classes for nursery to standard 8 will reopen from 14th Feb.”
“Private or government school teachers of Nursery-class 8 must be vaccinated.”
He added, slowly after some time, the government will completely abolish hybrid classes and only physical classes will be allowed.
Colleges, institutes, universities, coaching will also be reopened from 7th Feb in complete physical mode, no online classes will be continued.
Furthermore, the DDMA has decided that all government & private offices can now run at 100% capacity; moreover, people driving cars alone need not wear masks.
All Gyms, spa & swimming pools have also been allowed to reopen.
The duration of the night curfew has been reduced by an hour; it’s now from 11 pm to 5 am. Earlier, the night curfew started from 10 pm. Restaurants have been allowed to remain open till 11 pm.
This decision to ease of covid restrictions in the national capital comes after experts’ advice amid a consistent decrease in Covid positivity rate and covid cases. Emphasis was given on enhancing vaccination for the 15-18 age group in earlier DDMA meet chaired by L-G governor Anil Baijal.
The Ministry of Education on Thursday issued revised guidelines for the reopening of schools, allowing the states to take the final call based on their overall COVID situation.
Delhi reported fresh 2,668 cases on Thursday, while the positivity rate came down to 4.3 per cent. The city currently has 13,630 active cases. With the latest additions, Delhi’s caseload stands at 18,38,647 and toll at 25,932
