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By: Shree1news, 22 FEB 2021
Bhubaneswar: In view of spike in numbers of COVID-19 cases within the nation, Odisha Government issued fresh guidelines for schools as a part of precautionary measures against possible resurgence of deadly virus within the State.
In a letter to all the District Education Officers, School & Mass Education Additional Secretary Pratap Kumar Mishra instructed for implementation of COVID-19 security tips/protocols maintaining adequate and strict sanitation measures in schools, higher secondary schools and other educational institutions under their administrative control.
As per the guidelines, the teachers and concerned authorities shall ensure strict enforcement of COVID-19 safety protocols such as mandatory wearing of masks, maintaining physical distance and provision of thermal screening, hand wash or use of sanitizer by the students, teachers, staff and others in schools.
He instructed not to allow anything apart from curricular actions on premises of educational institutions.
The persons violating the COVID-19 guidelines may be penalised under the relevant provisions of law, the order said.
The instruction from the department to DEOs came after the Special Relief Commissioner directed all of the district collectors, and municipal corporation commissioners and SPs for implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols to avoid any chance of resurgence of Coronavirus in Odisha.
It is pertinent to mention here that 240 new strains of COVID have been found in India. The new variant in Maharashtra is regarded as extremely transmissible and dangerous. Recently, 5 states — Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab – have registered spike in fresh cases.
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