Amid the massive spike in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday issued an order asking teachers and non-teaching staff of Mumbai schools to work from home from March 17 till further order.
The new order has been issued as Mumbai battles a fresh wave of coronavirus infections in the city. The BMC in the order also stated that the e-learning will have to take place from home as well.
Earlier, teachers and members of the staff were allowed to come to school. The BMC also issued an order asking all schools in its jurisdiction to discontinue 50% rotational attendance rule from March 17.
Since March 3, the metropolis has seen a daily addition in the 1,000 plus range, with the number of active cases soaring from 9,690 on March 1 to 15,263 on Tuesday, BMC officials pointed out. Meanwhile, with four deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll reached 11, 539.
With 19,009 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Mumbai went up to 35,74,056.
The average growth rate of cases per day has increased from 0.17 per cent on February 18 to 0.42 per cent now, while the case doubling time has shortened from 417 days to 165, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed.
The city has 32 containment zones and 217 sealed buildings as on Tuesday.
(With agency inputs)
