URL copied Haryana schools shut for classes 1 to 8 till April 30 Schools in Haryana will be closed for classes 1 to 8 students till April 30 amid a rise in COVID-19 cases across the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Friday. Khattar chaired an annual meeting of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA). "We are monitoring the situation in the state and are focusing more on testing instead of 'night curfew' or 'lockdown'. In the coming days the government will increase testing at the market places, malls, bus stands, railway stations to contain the spread of coronavirus. We don't have to panic but should work hard to fight the pandemic and adhere to the covid guidelines," the Chief Minister said.