Days after the reopening of schools in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that no spike has been reported in the number of COVID-19 cases among children.
This statement by Mumbai civic body comes after over two weeks of reopening of schools.
Interestingly, the city has recorded a marginal drop in the number of cases despite ease in COVID-19 restrictions, reports stated.
According to the data, between September 14 and 30, 1,024 cases were reported in the 0-19 age group that went down to 732 cases between October 1 and 17.
Meanwhile, as of October 17, in the 0-19 age group, 50,246 cases of coronavirus have been reported, of which 14,090 cases are in the 0 to 9 age group, followed by 36,156 in the 10 to 19 age group.
In terms of fatality, the 0 to 9 age group has reported 19 deaths till now followed by 41 in the 10 to 19 years of age group.
According to BMC officials, there is no spike reported yet, but it will be too early to conclude that there will not be any spike in the case of children or adults. It could be due to high level of antibodies present, but at the same time we are ready to vaccinate around three million children.
However, in the case of those below the age of 18 years, a vaccine is yet to roll out. On Monday, Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar had said that the BMC is ready to vaccinate over three million population of children. However, it is awaiting vaccine and its guidelines to be rolled out by the Central government.
The BMC resumed physical classes for Class 8 to 12 starting October 4, after almost 2 years. In addition, the civic body has also approved reopening of degree colleges from today, October 20.
Apart from this, the BMC has also given several other relaxations in the month of October including reopening of religious places, theatres, auditoriums followed by increasing operational hours for shops and restaurants. Owing to these relaxations, the BMC has maintained that the period till November 20, 2021, will remain crucial.
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