Mumbai schools for classes 1-9 to remain closed till Jan 31 amid COVID surge, online classes to continue

By Team Newsable | First Published Jan 3, 2022, 5:09 PM IST

“Schools in Mumbai from classes 1-9 and 11 to remain shut till January 31, amidst concerns of Omicron variant of Covid-19,” said BMC chief Iqbal Chahal. “Schools for classes 10 and 12 will continue,” BMC further added in an official statement.

Amid surging Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday announced Mumbai schools for classes 1 to 9 will remain closed till 31 January, however, schools for classes 10 and 12 will continue.

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He added that schools in the city, that were due to open for physical classes from January 3 onwards, will go back online.

Amid sudden rise in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai, BMC-run schools will remain closed for classes 1 to 9 and 11 till January 31. However, online classes will continue, said Raju Tadvi, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s education officer.

On the other hand, Mumbai's Byculla zoo will shut at 3 pm every day. Taking to Twitter, BMC's official Byculla zoo tweeted that the main gate will be closed at 3 pm every day and all the visitors will have to vacate the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udya and zoo premises by 5 pm.

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 11,877 new Covid-19 cases, 2,707 more than the day before, and 50 Omicron infections, taking the total tally of the new variant to 510, the state health department said in a bulletin.

Currently, there are 42,024 active cases of Covid-19 in Maharashtra. In the last 24 hours, the Mumbai civic body conducted 47,410 tests, according to the health bulletin.

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 8,063 new Covid-19 cases along with 578 recoveries, the public health department said. The city on Saturday reported 6,347 infections with active Covid cases at 29,819.

Meanwhile, vaccination against Covid-19 began for kids aged 15-18 today.

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