Uttarakhand COVID-19 guidelines: The state of Uttarakhand has made mask compulsory in schools amid rising COVID-19 cases in many countries of the world.
The said guideline was issued by Director General of Education Bansidhar Tiwari on Thursday (December 29).
"The students, teachers and other employees of private and government schools will have to come wearing masks and follow using sanitiser-thermal screening," said Director General of Education Bansidhar Tiwari.
COVID-19 cases in India:
India recorded 268 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry today (December 29), the total recovery rate reached at around 98.80 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,41,43,665.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have increased to 3,552, the health ministry data showed on Thursday. Yesterday, the registered active cases were around 3,468.
Active cases:
An increase of total 84 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,30,698. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
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