Summary:
Kozhikode: The district authority has ordered to switch classes in all educational institutions online from September 18 to 23 as part of the preventive measures against the Nipah outbreak. As per the order issued by district collector A Geetha educational institutions including tuition centres and coaching centres are restricted from conducting physical classes. Curbs under Disaster Management Act sections 26 30 and 34 were imposed on the operation of educational institutions in the district. As per the order no student should be allowed in the educational institutions. The World Health Organisation and ICMR studies have found that the entire state not just Kozhikode is prone to such infections..