Schools, colleges in Telangana to be closed from Jan 8 to 16

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed all the educational institutions in the state to remain closed from January 8 to 16. Accordingly, all the schools and colleges will be givenholidays for a week.

The decision has been taken by the Chief Minister on Monday during a review meeting with the health department. 

It was also decided that there is no need to impose lockdown in the state as COVID-19 situation is under control in state. However, in the view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Chief Minister asked the officials to provide all the infrastructure facilities in government hospital in the coming days.

Health minister Harish Rao also said that the people do not need to panic about Omicron but also cautioned not to be negligent. He further asked them to follow the precautionary measures like wearing masks, santizing hands and maintaining physical distancing.