Omicron Scare: Maharashtra Schools To Be Closed Again? Here’s What Varsha Gaikwad Said

Maharashtra School News: “If Omicron cases continue to rise, we may take a call to shut the schools again. We are monitoring the situation,” Ms Gaikwad told news agency ANI.

Omicron COVID-19, Maharashtra School News: Maharashtra schools, which reopened earlier this month after a long gap due to the second wave of Covid, may be closed again as the number of Omicron cases has risen in the state.

Maharashtra’s Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad today said the state government is monitoring the situation and it may order a shutdown of schools if the cases continue to rise.

“If Omicron cases continue to rise, we may take a call to shut the schools again. We are monitoring the situation,” Ms Gaikwad told news agency ANI.

Maharashtra has 54 Omicron COVID-19 cases and is only behind the National Capital Delhi (57). Overall, India has reported 213 cases of the first-spreading strain.