New Delhi: More than 55 people, including doctors, academics and other professionals have written an open letter for all major ministers of the State, Minister of Education Union, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the National Disaster Management Authority demands the reopening of schools as soon as possible throughout the country.
They also appealed that opening elementary school must be given a higher priority.
The letter was marked by the Prime Minister’s office too.
The letter said, “There is global evidence to support the reopening of the school and the government must immediately consider opening school and continuing the physical class.”
Safe! You have managed to throw your votelogin to see the results of the letter saying the purpose of vaccination is to prevent severe diseases and death, however, children are relatively low risk or severe or fatal Covid-19 infection.
Data from the US showed that those under 25 years old were in the death position of Covid-19 compared to traffic accidents.
Children are more likely to develop severe diseases from infections such as dengue fever.
However, schools are not closed due to the risk of traffic accidents or dengue fever.
Furthermore, 60-80 percent of Indian children have natural infections according to serosurveys.
Child vaccination is not a prerequisite for opening school.
There is no place in the world younger than 12 years vaccinated but the school remains open.
Underlining studies that showed that schools did not contribute significantly to the spread of Covid-19, the letter said, “Adults and children are free to go anywhere except for schools and aggressive testing in non-school settings can also reveal positive results Similar to school.
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Quoting the UNICEF statement that the school had to be the last of close and first opened during a pandemic, the letter has underlined that we need to remember that the opening of the school will be a very dynamic process.
Open school now with proper planning and if there is a steep increase in the case, it turns off again it can be considered a last attempt.
“India is only among four to five countries around the world where schools have been closed for a long time (1.5 years).
There is an urgent need to bring children back to school.
Because younger children, we urge You to allow elementary school to open the first queue with the recommendation of the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR), and then a higher class.
We look forward to leaders throughout the party who came together for our children, “said the letter.
