Coronavirus India Live Updates: Nearly 50% population of 60 yrs and above vaccinated with 1st dose of vaccine, says Health Ministry – The Indian…

A woman receives a dose of the Covid vaccine at a centre in Kukshet Gaon Municipal School No 12 in Sarsole, Navi Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

A sero survey conducted on a paediatric population of 2,176 in Mumbai has found that 51.18 per cent of children have been exposed toCovid-19, with most remaining asymptomatic. This indicates that the severity of the infection continues to remain low among children.

Kasturba Hospital and Nair Hospital in Mumbai collected samples from the 2,176 children, who were medically examined for other illnesses in public and private laboratories.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation undertook the survey from April 1 to June 15 with the help of the hospitals.

Delhi school teachers to get help to process grief as they return to teaching from Covid frontline work

With Delhi government schools set to begin reconnecting with their students from Monday (June 28), teachers are parallelly being prepared to overcome grief from traumatic experiences they might have gone through due to theCovid-19pandemicin the last few months.

Teaching-learning activities in these schools have been at a halt since April when an early summer vacation had been declared. With the second wave of Covid taking over the city, government school teachers had almost entirely been diverted to related dutiesat vaccination centres, airports, ration distribution centres, dispensaries, oxygen centres and so on.

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