Chennai: Even when the authorities reflect on the reopening of the school for a junior class in Tamil Nadu, a surge in Covid-19 cases among school students have become a matter of concern for the Ministry of Health and State Education.
Some teachers have also tested positive because schools reopened in the state on September 1.
34 students have tested Covid Positive on Wednesday taking the total number of students until 117 since September 1 when schools in Tamil Nadu for grade 9 to 12 are reopened in the state.
However, the Minister of Education Tamil Nadu Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has said the department has handened hands with the State Health Department and will plug in the spread of adequate disease.
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The minister also said that the opening of classes for students from class 1 to 8 will be carried out only after meeting review with input from state education and the Ministry of Health in the basic level situation throughout Tamil Nadu.
He also said that after a review meeting was held on September 30 decisions on the same thing to be taken.
The Madurai bench from Madras High Court has directed the state government to submit a counter in the Public Interest Litigation Petition (PIL) which is looking for directions to stop the physical class in schools that follow the surge in Covid cases.
Parents, K.
Abdul Vahabudeen from Tirunelveli, have submitted pills in Madurai Bench High Court to close the physical class because since school reopened on September 1, there has been a surge in Covid cases.
In the petition, he said that the government directed the power that was allowed to class not followed and called in court to turn off the physical class.
Madurai bench from Madras High Court was represented by Judge M.
Duraiswamy and K.
Murali Shankar directed the state government to submit Affidavit against September 30.
Meanwhile, 26 districts crossed Tamil Nadu, including Coimbatore and Chennai, reported an increase in new Covid cases on Wednesday.
The number of cases reported on Wednesday was 1,658 while on Tuesday was 1,591.
This small increase in the number of Covid cases has worries health authorities that are in the process of investizing the entire population with at least one dose of vaccine.
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Tamil Nadu: 117 School Students Test Covid Positive Since 1 Sep
