Experts explain pandemic-induced indoor fatigue & its toll on kids

GUWAHATI: Prolonged indoor confinement during the pandemic is taking a toll on both the physical and mental health of children and adolescents.

As the third wave of COVID has once again triggered a surge in the positivity rate since early January, it was obvious that the education department could not take the risk of exposing children (below 15 years of age) who are not vaccinated yet, to the virus.

Subsequently, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) issued a revised directive, ordering closure of offline classes for students up to Class VIII in Kamrup-Metropolitan district and up to Class V in other districts of the state.