COVID-19 cases cross the 81k-mark in Chittoor
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The each day common of COVID-19 cases at 300-plus in the previous couple of days is worrying officers in addition to folks in the district as Deepavali celebrations are nearing. On Monday, the total tally of constructive cases in the district crossed the 81,000-mark, with 800 casualties.
By Saturday, the variety of authorities academics who examined constructive to the virus stood at 232. The variety of college students pursuing the ninth and tenth lessons is about 70,000, of which 6,266 college students underwent COVID check and 39 examined constructive. The attendance can also be mentioned to be beneath 50% in the authorities faculties, and far much less in non-public establishments.
Attendance amongst ladies is dwindling in authorities faculties in rural areas reportedly owing to poor upkeep of bathrooms.
Some headmasters noticed {that a} majority of the dad and mom have been unwilling to ship their kids to varsities. “Though students are not punctual, we are not taking it seriously. As usual, there is a problem with mid-day meal, with considerable wastage of food as fewer students are taking it,” a headmaster in Chittoor mentioned.
Teachers who’ve crossed the age of 55 and those that are near superannuation, and affected by diabetes and hypertension, are a nervous lot to mingle freely with college students, apart from taking lessons. Majority of the academics who examined constructive are from city areas, however travelling each day to their locations of labor. Quite a few girls academics reluctant to board buses should rely on their colleagues or relations to shuttle between faculties and residences on two-wheelers.
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