In the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, schools for students of Classes 1 to 9 as well as Class 11 will remain shut till 31 January in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday, 3 January.
School for Classes 10 and 12 will resume with COVID-19 protocols in place.
"Students of Classes 9 to 12 can come to the school to receive the vaccination," BMC Additional Commissioner Suresh Kakani added.
Schools in Mumbai had resumed physical classes on 15 December before being directed to close amidst the concerns surrounding the Omicron variant later in the month.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15-18 also began in Maharashtra's capital on Monday, with nine centres partaking in the expansion of the immunisation programme.
Meanwhile, Mumbai recorded 8,063 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, out of which 89 percent were found to be totally asymptomatic. The total tally in Mumbai is now at 29,819, BMC Chief Iqbal Chahal said, according to LiveMint.
He added, “However, out of 8,063 new cases today, only 503 have been hospitalised. And out of these, 56 cases have been put on oxygenated beds. As of today, 90 percent of hospital beds in Mumbai are vacant."
(With inputs from LiveMint.)
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