Mumbai schools to re-open from Jan 24 as Covid-19 cases dip

As Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner (BMC) Iqbal Singh Chahal on Thursday said that schools will re-open for classes 1 to 12 from Monday. In-person or offline classes will resume in pre-primary schools too, the commissioner added.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad announced that the state government has allowed reopening of schools for classes 1 to 9 for offline teaching from January 24.

As Omicron cases increased and the overall caseload began to spiral from the last week of December, the BMC had closed the schools barring classes 10 and 12 from January 3, 2022.

(With inputs from PTI)