COVID-19: Pre-primary classes in Bengaluru to be shut from March 9

March 09, 2020 01:17 am | Updated 12:22 pm IST - Bengaluru

Doctors and visitors outside the COVID-19 ward inside the campus of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases, in Bengaluru on Friday.

Doctors and visitors outside the COVID-19 ward inside the campus of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases, in Bengaluru on Friday.

All pre-primary classes in Bengaluru — government, aided and unaided — will be closed from Monday as a precautionary measure in view of COVID-19 scare.

The Department of Public Instruction issued this order based on the request of the Department of Health and Family Welfare which said this was to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.

The DPI officials said classes will be shut till further orders. Officials said the order is applicable to Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South and Bengaluru Rural educational districts.

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