Fresh relaxations in Kerala: Schools to open from Nov 1, cinema halls on Oct 25

As part of the fresh lockdown relaxations announced by the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government on Saturday, cinema theatres and indoor auditoriums will reopen in Kerala on October 25.

Theatre owners, distributors, exhibitors and producers have been petitioning the government to reopen cinema halls, which were forced to shut in April when Covid-19 cases began to surge during the second wave

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Fully vaccinated students will be allowed to go to college from October 18. Further, schools in Kerala will be allowed to reopen for Classes 1st to 7th and 10th and 12th from November 1 with fully vaccinated teachers and staff, the state government said in its order.

The decision was taken at a Covid-19 review meeting chaired by the chief minister in Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala is still reporting above 10,000 cases a day and continues to contribute the highest number of cases to the national caseload. On Saturday, it reported over 13,000 cases with the test positivity rate (TPR) at 13.64 per cent.