KOLKATA: “I cannot speak for tomorrow. But as of today, cases are under control (in Bengal). If the third wave doesn’t turn dangerous, we will reopen schools after the Pujas after due sanitisation,” said chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. She had earlier mentioned a November time frame for school and college reopening after the festival holidays.
“It depends on the situation. For now, the situation is okay in Bengal, with a positivity rate around 1%. I want things to stay normal. But if there is a third wave, then it may change. Cases are rising in Maharashtra and Kerala day by day,” she said.
After attending the 66th meeting of the state’s Covid Global Advisory Board at Nabanna, the CM on August 5 had said Bengal was considering a post-Puja reopening of campuses on alternate days. Banerjee had not mentioned a definite timeline, indicating “many factors” had to be weighed in.
