New Delhi: In its latest study, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has suggested that schools need to be resumed in a phased manner.
According to the study, schools should be allowed to remain open and safe with the appropriate implementation of multi-layered mitigation measures where children’s participation remains essential.
“It is essential to realise the impact of prolonged school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall development of the children. Therefore, schools need to be re-opened in a phased manner (beginning with primary schools followed by secondary schools) and allowed to remain open and safe with appropriate implementation of multi-layered mitigation measures where children’s participation remains essential,” the ICMR study was quoted by news agency ANI.
The Indian Journal of Medical Research is a peer-reviewed open-access publication authored by ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava, Samiran Panda and Tanu Anand.
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