Under the “My Student, My Responsibility” initiative, the students of civic as well as private schools aged 8 to 12 years would be checked for coronavirus. (Representative image)
THANE: Anticipating a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has decided to launch a programme wherein isolation units and Covid care Centres (CCCs) will be set up in schools, a release said on Saturday.
Under the “My Student, My Responsibility” initiative, the students of civic as well as private schools aged 8 to 12 years would be checked for coronavirus. "If any symptoms are found, such students will be admitted to CCCs for treatment with the consent of their parents," it said.