Kohima, February 5 (MTNews):
The state government has permitted resumption of conduct of physical classes for students of classes 1 to 8 from February 15 with 50% attendance, and subject to parental consent of the student concerned. It was further directed that the reopening of schools shall be subject to all the teachers and non-teaching staff of the school concerned being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and if not vaccinated, then the person concerned should have been tested negative for COVID-19 through either RT-PCR or TrueNat or CBNAAT, once in every 15 days. The order, issued by the chief secretary of Nagaland, further stated that the reopening of schools shall be subject to adherence of all the provisions of the SOPs on the preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19.