Students in Kerala may have to wear masks for the next academic session

Students in Kerala may have to wear masks for the next academic session

KK Shailaja, Kerala health Minister said that students in Kerala may have to wear masks during the next academic session and added that this practice has already become a norm for the students in several countries. Minister said that masks will not go endlessly but as a precaution they will remain in practice for some time. "It's a good culture. We will have to follow it in Kerala as well, if COVID-19 prevails till the time of school reopening. Masks helped us lower the rate of COVID-19 spread and resultant deaths. Kerala has been battling the disease, earning good results," Outlook quoted the Minister as saying. Due to coronavirus outbreak, schools have been shut down until May and now administration is working on a new schedule to open the schools. The state is yet to conduct the exams of annual secondary and higher secondary - SSLC and Plus Two – examinations because the schedule was disturbed due to coronavirus. To much relief of the state, no fresh case of coronavirus was confirmed yesterday.

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