UP: Schools for Classes upto 8 shut till April 4
Amid a spike in coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday extended to April 4 the closure of all schools for students up to Class 8, according to an official. Earlier, the government had shut schools for students up to Class 8 till March 31. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued the fresh directions during a review meeting at his 5-Kalidas Marg residence.
Vaccination should be conducted as per the Centre's guidelines: CM
The CM directed the closure of schools for students up to Class 8 till April 4 and instructed the officials to accelerate the coronavirus vaccination. Adityanath said the vaccination should be conducted as per the guidelines and priority decided by the Centre and added that government employees who are to be inoculated should be allowed an off on the day they get the jab.
CM called for focused testing; reactivation of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals
The CM further said that similar to the government employees, private-sector workers should also be allowed to take leave the day they are to be inoculated. Additionally, Adityanath asked the officials to step up testing with a focus on old-age homes, orphanages, residential schools, and other such places. He also called for the reactivation of the dedicated COVID-19 hospitals set up earlier.
8,800 have died of the virus in the state
Meanwhile, the state reported 10 COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 8,800, while 918 new cases took the infection tally to 6,15,996. Four deaths were reported from Lucknow, two from Kanpur and one each from Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, and Auraiya, a health bulletin said. The state has so far tested over 3.47 crore samples, including 64,519 on Monday.
