Omicron Fear school and colleges close in Karnataka, B C Nagesh Statement

Omicron fear in the state is increasing day by day. Corona will be home to students from some of the state’s colleges. Experts have previously said that coronavirus is more likely to have children in the third wave. Parents are reluctant to send their children to school because of the increasing number of coronavirus infections.

Amid the Omicron variant scare and the parents’ concerns, Education Minister B C Nagesh on Monday said that the state government has not taken any decision on closing schools. ” “As of now the situation is not alarming. Parents need not worry. We will wait and watch.

If the situation demands, the government will take an appropriate decision based on the inputs from the Technical Advisory Committee,” he told reporters here. “There are over 48,000 primary and high schools (government) in the state. So far, no government school has reported cases. Education and the health of children are equally important. The department is in constant touch with the DDPIs and we are sharing reports from the districts with the TAC, the minister added.

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Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar today said the sample of one of the two people who arrived in Bengaluru recently from South Africa is ‘different from the Delta variant’. The minister said he was not supposed to say anything officially as he was still in touch with the union health ministry and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) officials.

“There is a delta variant for the past nine months only, but you are saying that one of the samples is Omicron. I cannot say about it officially. I am in touch with the ICMR and central government officials,” Dr Sudhakar said. The sample has been sent to ICMR, he said.

Refusing to divulge the identity of the man, the minister said his Covid report shows that he has contracted a different variant of the novel coronavirus. “There is a 63-year-old man whose name I should not disclose. His report is a bit different. It appears different from the delta variant. We will discuss with the ICMR officials and will let people know by the evening what it is,” the minister said.

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