Bengal asks teachers other staffers with cough cold fever to not attend schools
Kolkata Dec 31 PTI With daily COVID-19 cases doubling within one day the West Bengal School Education Department has asked teachers and non-teaching staffers having cough cold or mild fever to not attend schools till they test negative for the infection The state registered more than 1000 fresh cases on Wednesday after a gap of nearly six months The daily count crossed 2000 on Thursday Primary secondary and higher secondary schools have been asked to ensure that teachers and non-teaching employees dont come to the institutions if they have a cold cough or mild fever Also they must get tested for COVID-19 and will be allowed to enter the schools only if the results return negative They will have to produce the reports to the health department an official told PTI on Friday While physical classes for standards 9-12 have resumed on November 16 the state government has been mulling to restart lower classes in the offline mode in a phased manner from next year Education Minister Bratya Basu had earlier said However with the fresh spike in cases Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently said that the government will review the situation and take steps accordingly keeping in mind the safety of the students PTI SUS SBN ACD ACD
Kolkata Dec 31 PTI With daily COVID-19 cases doubling within one day the West Bengal School Education Department has asked teachers and non-teaching staffers having cough cold or mild fever to not attend schools till they test negative for the infection The state registered more than 1000 fresh cases on Wednesday after a gap of nearly six months The daily count crossed 2000 on Thursday Primary secondary and higher secondary schools have been asked to ensure that teachers and non-teaching employees dont come to the institutions if they have a cold cough or mild fever Also they must get tested for COVID-19 and will be allowed to enter the schools only if the results return negative They will have to produce the reports to the health department an official told PTI on Friday While physical classes for standards 9-12 have resumed on November 16 the state government has been mulling to restart lower classes in the offline mode in a phased manner from next year Education Minister Bratya Basu had earlier said However with the fresh spike in cases Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently said that the government will review the situation and take steps accordingly keeping in mind the safety of the students PTI SUS SBN ACD ACD
