Under Unlock 7.0 in Delhi, the Arvind Kejriwal government has allowed academic gatherings and meetings in schools and colleges from Monday. However, the students will not be able to attend the institutions physically.
Delhi on Sunday reported as many as 53 new Covid-19 cases and 3 deaths, the city health bulletin said. This is the lowest single-day rise this year. With these numbers, the cumulative total reached 14,35,083, and the toll touched 25,015. Currently, the number of active cases in the national capital is 743. Meanwhile, the positivity rate stands at 0.07%.
“Only teachers and professors will be allowed inside educational institutions for online lectures and other administrative work,” said the notification issued by the government.
The exemption has also been given for Delhi Police and Army personnel to attend skill training classes. They will no longer be required to take permission from the Department of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to attend these programmes.
Not more than 50 per cent gathering will be allowed at the auditorium and assembly hall of the school or educational institution, it said.
Spas, social, political, cultural, religious, and other such gatherings continue to remain prohibited.
Last week, the DDMA allowed stadiums and sports complexes to reopen for those training for national and international competitions or to hold such events. However, spectators will continue to be prohibited from entering the stadiums.
Delhi Metro trains and public transport buses have already been allowed to operate with 50 per cent seating capacity under the phased easing of coronavirus restrictions.
Since it was placed under complete lockdown between April 19 and May 30, Delhi has been opening up in a phased manner as the infection rate continues to decline.
Meanwhile, as per an ANI report, more than 90 per cent of the Delhi Police staff fully vaccinated against Covid-19, while nearly all received the first jab. Seventy per cent of police family members have also received both the doses of vaccine and the police force is hopeful to achieve full vaccination shortly.
Police Commissioner Balaji Srivastava also interacted with police personnel through a webinar and exhorted all to encourage their kin to get vaccinated at the earliest.
Although 12 policemen have succumbed to the virus despite having received both doses, the recovery rate remains more than 99 per cent among those who have been vaccinated.
WITH AGENCY INPUTS