Delhi Govt Advances Summer Vacation in Schools Due to Surging COVID-19 Cases, To Begin From April 20 Now
New Delhi, April 19: The Delhi government on Monday advanced the summer vacation in all schools in the national capital in view of the COVID-19 situation. The vacation which was scheduled from May 11 to June 3 has now been rescheduled from April 20 to June 9.
“In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation, the summer vacation has now been rescheduled and will be observed from April 24 (tomorrow) to June 9,” the Directorate of Education (DoE) said in an official order.┬аDelhi Govt Asks Schools To Sensitise Students, Parents About Cyber Threats and Online Bullying.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on Monday till 5 am on April 26 which he said was necessary to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases as the city’s health system was stretched to its limit.
Delhi has been reporting around 25,000 COVID-19 cases daily in the past few days.
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