All government and private schools in Haryana will remain closed till 30 November in view of the novel coronavirus situation, the state government said on Friday. Haryana followed Mumbai's decision, which also closed down schools today under the jurisdiction of the city's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), till 31 December amid rising cases of coronavirus. Earlier today, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was administered a trial dose of potential coronavirus vaccine Covaxin. Meanwhile, Haryana on Thursday reported 2,212 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the caseload to 2,09,251, while 20 more fatalities took the death toll to 2,113. The number of active cases in the state currently stands at 19,579 while the recovery rate was 89.63 per cent.

Source: Mint November 20, 2020 09:55 UTC