Delhi Schools Closed Due to Coronavirus: Coronavirus in Delhi: All Primary Schools in Delhi will remain closed until 31st March 2020 as part of the preventive measures being implemented by the Delhi Government to check spread of COVID-19. The announcement was made by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sidosia through a tweet sent out from his official account. In a tweet sent out from his official account, Manish Sisodia informed that “As a precautionary measure to prevent the possibility of spread of COVID-19 amongst our children, Delhi Government has directed immediate closure of all primary schools (Govt/ aided/ private/MCD/NDMC) till 31/3/20”. The announcement comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in India rises to 30 after a man from Ghaziabad tested positive for Coronavirus.

As a precautionary measure to prevent the possibility of spread of COVID-19 amongst our children, Delhi Government has directed immediate closure of all primary schools (Govt/ aided/ private/MCD/NDMC) till 31/3/20 — Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) March 5, 2020

Govt and Private Primary Schools to Remain Closed

According to the details provided by Delhi Deputy CM, all primary schools i.e. until 5th Class including Government Schools, Aided Primary Schools, Private Sector Schools, MCD run Schools and NDMC run schools; all have been ordered to remain closed until the end of March. Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a dedicated taskforce to handle the situation surrounding Coronavirus and to counter spread of COVID-19 in Delhi and National Capital Region.

5 Schools ShutDown in NCR due to Coronavirus

Earlier, 5 Private Schools in Delhi-NCR were shut down following a parent of a student who was found to be positive for CoVid-19 virus infection. Since then, many parents have raised concerns about sending their wards or children to schools keeping in mind the infectious nature of the dieases and the unavailability of a cure for it. In India, so far, 30 cases of Coronavirus infection have been reported among people who have travel history from abroad and over 25000 are under community watch to counter further spread of the virus among people. Globally, over 3000 deaths have been reported due to Coronavirus with largest number being from China and Iran.