The Government of Kerala on January 17, 2022 has issued a notification related to guidelines for Covid containment.
The following guidelines have been issued:
Schools in Kerala have been closed with immediate effect until further orders for Classes 1 to 9 in view of COVID-19 case surge. Online classes would continue for these students. However, schools will remain open for senior students of Classes 10 to 12 and offline classes would continue for them.
Pregnant women working in the government have been allowed to work from home and all government offices have been asked to have only online programmes.
It has also been directed to restrict the number of people at weddings and funerals to 50 wherever the TPR is 20 per cent and in places where it is above 30 per cent, there should be no public functions.
Shops and establishments should ensure that they promote online bookings and sales and in malls there should be only one person in every 25 sq ft space, the meeting decided.
It was also advised to see that authorities should reach the educational institutions to give the first dose vaccine to students and complete it at the earliest
