Parents are prepared to take on the fight with the government again, in case offline schooling becomes the first victim of rising Covid cases. Parents said that schools should continue in the offline mode until the entire city or state goes into lockdown and urged the government to take new recommendations from the paediatric association before making a blanket decision.

This comes after a message went viral on social media which stated that School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said that schools may be shut if the number of Omicron cases increase. While the minister had not made such a statement, parents are still worried, especially as schools recently reopened for all students after a gap of almost two years.