The Odisha government on Thursday announced resumption of offline classes for Class VIII and above from February 7 and lower classes from February 14 in view of improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the State.
Classes I to V are going to reopen after a gap of two years in the State. In view of the Omicron-fuelled third wave, the government had shut down Classes V and above a month ago.
“In the past one month, the situation has come under control with Omicron variant infections being less severe, requiring less hospitalisation. We have already crossed the peak of the third wave and the test positivity rate is also low,” said Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, State Chief Secretary, announcing the reopening of schools here.
