Coronavirus | Back to school from November 1 for primary school students in Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
The classes shall be held by following the Standard Operating Procedures to prevent coronavirus spread.
After over a year-and-a-half, physical classes for students from class 1 to 8 would resume in schools with effect from November 1, the Tamil Nadu government said on September 28.
Following a meeting chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat to review the ongoing measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said the ban in respect of social, political, cultural and religious congregations would continue to be in place.
Places of worship would continue to be shut on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, an official release said.

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