Conjunctivitis cases are on the rise in Delhi-NCR due to incessant rains, with the capital reporting about 100 cases per day. The highly contagious eye infection is caused by viruses and spreads easily through contact.
Schools in Delhi have reported rising cases of eye infections lasting for three to four days on average, with some sending at least 10 to 12 children showing symptoms back home every day to check the spread of the contagion.
District Secretary of Government School Teachers Association says that teachers should not be involved in duties other than academics and that govt staff apart from teachers should have also been deployed at airport
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A section of teachers on Tuesday wondered, burdened as they are with academic work, why they were chosen over civil defence volunteers for COVID duty at IGI Airport, even as the DDMA withdrew its order that asked for their deployment at the Delhi Airport. India News | Academic Load Enough, Can Do Without COVID Deployment: Teachers on DDMA Order.