Should schools reopen amidst Covid-19 pandemic?

Educational institutions across the country have remained shut since March, this year, as part of broader shutdowns to contain the spread of novel coronavirus which has infected over three million people and killed sixty thousand. Notwithstanding the strategies recommended by experts to reopen schools, as well as the concerns voiced by paediatricians and educators, several news reports have suggested that parents are still wary of sending their children to school at a time when the cases are rising with each passing day.

Despite outbreaks, several countries across the world, including the United States, have brought the students back to classrooms by implementing wide range of strategies to keep coronavirus at bay, such as strict limits on contact between children, mandatory wearing of masks, among others. Did the move worsened the pandemic in these countries? Here's what India can learn from the examples of other countries that re-opened schools amid the pandemic.

Despite having highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths, several American states, including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Indiana have begun reopening schools. These schools have enforced strict measures, including keeping desks six feet apart and routine temperature checks.

The decision to reopen schools, however, has remained controversial. The country reported a 90% increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among children after the schools were reopened, according to a new analysis by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association, as reported by CNN.

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