Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice mentioning that masks have been mandatory on all school premises in the city.
Reportedly, the students should be forbidden to go to school if suffering from a cold or fever.
The civic body has also focused on Covid vaccination after Khordha has been continuously recording a rise in Covid cases. Notably, Bhubaneswar has been witnessing the maximum number of positives including children aged 1-18 years old.
BMC has taken this initiative as children under the age of 12 have not yet been vaccinated.
It is pertinent to mention that a meeting was chaired by Addl. Commissioner Suryawanshi Mayur Vikash in which it was discussed expediting the vaccination in schools. About seventy representatives from different Govt. and private schools participated in the meeting for status of vaccination in their respective schools.
It was decided that school principals will deposit the status of vaccination to BMC through Block Education Officer for its reconciliation with the data available in dedicated portal. After receipt of database from BEO the camp will be planned by Health department or Office of Addl. District Public Health Officer (ADUPHO).
The school representatives present were told to inform and motivate parents for vaccination of children against COVID 19.
Ms Kalinga