According to the guidelines issued by the state home department, schools up to Class 12 in the municipal corporation and municipality areas will be closed till January 30. Online classes will continue as before.
Tightening the restrictions amid the rising cases of the novel coronavirus and its ferociously spreading Omicron variant, the government of Rajasthan announced the closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfews, time limits on markets and a cap on occupancy at restaurants and movie theatres. The government took the measures after the state registered 5,660 new Covid cases and one death.
According to the guidelines issued by the state home department, schools up to Class 12 in the municipal corporation and municipality areas will be closed till January 30. Online classes will continue as before, it stated.
Earlier, the closure of schools was announced by the government for Classes 1 to 8 until January 17 in Jaipur and Jodhpur municipal corporation areas. The guidelines stated the schools will be closed from Monday, but the rest of the restrictions will be effective from January 11.
Reports also suggest that, as many as 27 personnel, drivers of VVIP vehicles have tested COVID positive at the Chief Minister's residence. Following the incident, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is already under home isolation after contracting the disease. The minister has also appealed people to restrict their movement to the bare minimum possible and to follow the guidelines so that the spread of the virus could be contained.
"There are reports of thousands of doctors getting infected. The situation is worrying. We all have to fight this pandemic together. We will be successful in this only with the cooperation of the public," he tweeted.
To avoid the spread of COVID-19, the authorities also decided to impose curfew from 11 pm on Saturdays until 5 am on Mondays. During this curfew period, all markets, workplaces and commercial complexes will remain closed, the guidelines stated.
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