more-in District Collector U.V. Jose has asked for the temporary stoppage of all training programmes and summer camps in Nipah-infected areas such as Changaroth, Koorachund, Kottur, Cheruvannur, Chekyad, Chakkittapara and Olavanna. The anganwadis is these regions too have been asked to close down to avoid the spread of the virus among children. Reopening of schools However, the district administration has not yet taken any decision concerning the reopening of schools after the summer vacation in a week. “There is no need to take extreme measures. Schools reopen only after a week. We expect to bring the situation under complete control by then. The situation is under control in the last two to three days. The number of newly infected cases is very low now,” said the Collector. Several private entrance coaching centres in the district have also closed down temporarily.

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