Karnataka Education Minister B C Nagesh speaks exclusively to Asianet Newsable about the decision to reopen schools for students from classes 9 to 12, decision to implement NEP and more.
With this, the Covid-19 active case tally in the country rose to 3,59,775. In the last 24 hours, active cases have increased by 14,876.
This is the highest ever total for a day since the Covid-19 vaccination programme first began 224 days ago.
Then Mela officer (medical and health) Dr Arjun Singh Sengar and then officer-in-charge (medical and health) Dr N K Tyagi were suspended on Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's orders Thursday night.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked both Kerala and Maharashtra governments to impose night curfew in areas of high positivity and curb mass gatherings during the festive season.
Confirming the development, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to state that 5️0 per cent of the eligible population had been inoculated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Speaking exclusively to Asianet Newsable, Karnataka Covid-19 task force member Dr CN Manjunath said that the decision would also help build confidence among parents of lower grade students and prompt them to send their children to school when the decision is taken.
However, passengers arriving from Brazil and South Africa should continue to provide their samples at the airport entry points and wait for the test results.
The court asked the Centre whether the 84-day gap between two doses of Covishield was based on availability of the vaccine or its higher efficacy by waiting for a longer period.
