Schools have been closed for classes 1 to 8 in Jaipur. In other districts, parents who don't wish to send their children for offline classes later on, will not be compelled to do so.
Considering the rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, the Rajasthan government has released fresh guidelines. As per the new guidelines, all the private and government schools in Jaipur will remain closed fro from January 3 to January 9. Schools have been closed for classes 1 to 8 in Jaipur. In other districts, parents who don't wish to send their children for offline classes, later on, will not be compelled to do so.
As per the official release, other district collectors have been asked to make the decisions as per the requirements, after discussing it with the education department. The state government has also made it mandatory for full vaccination of all eligible populations in the state.
"It has been observed that those fully vaccinated who have been infected with the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 do not require hospitalization", the release stated.
All those people who are entering the state after international travel will have to undergo RT-PCR tests, and they will have to remain in home quarantine/isolation for seven days, unless and until they receive a negative test report.
All those people who are entering the state via domestic means of transport, trains or flights, will have to produce an RTPCR negative report, not older than 72 hours, and will also have to produce a fully vaccinated certificate.
The state government also has implemented restrictions on social gatherings. All those who have weddings can now only invite 100 people and they will have to inform of the wedding details to the government on helpline number 181.
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