Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Tuesday said frequent health checkups would be conducted in the schools and colleges a preventive against any possible spread of the Covid-19 pandemic after they reopen.
He asked the Health Department to ensure checkups. Notably, it has earlier been decided thay the schools for Classes-X and XII would reopen on January 8 and the colleges and universities for final years would reopen on January 11.
The authorities of the schools and colleges were asked to be in touch with health workers and doctors of their areas and immediately report them any suspect Covid case. Health Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said his department’s personnel would visit the educational institutions regularly for health checkups.