New Delhi: The reopening of schools is the most crucial part of the unlocking, which could take place in India in September, but examples from elsewhere do not set a positive precedent in this regard.
Several states in the United States, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, reopened schools. A 42-year-old teacher and assistant soccer coach at a school in Mississipi died.
A school in Corinth, Mississippi, received hundreds of its students. Within a week, several students and a staff member tested positive. Now 116 students have been sent home in quarantine, according to reports.
The situation is similar in North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, Tennessee.
The US administration was in favor of reopening the schools. But now that the cases are skyrocketing, the district administrations are reflecting on whether to close physical classes again.
US President Donald Trump posted a video on Facebook claiming that children are nearly immune to the coronavirus. The post was removed by Facebook because it contained erroneous information.
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