Unexpected holiday........
@arunima25 (87854)
Bangalore, India
March 8, 2020 10:48pm CST
As soon as I was about to leave my house for work with my daughter, I noticed an unread message. Well it was about an uncalled for holiday. Generally we would be excited about unexpected holiday, but this one made me worry and fear
Mornings are rush and I don't get time to read newspaper. So I missed reading the news that government has declared a holiday for all schools up to grade 5. This is to control corona spread. Seems overnight we have 5 cases which are almost confirmed and waiting for official confirmation. And many who came in contact with these 5 are in isolation.
Now I have a holiday as my students are below 10 years and they have to stay at home till government sends further notice. As for my daughters, elder one has study holiday. And younger one gets a default holiday. Theirs is a Waldorf school with only seven children right now above age of 10. So while the other 120 children got holiday, school announced it for at least 2 days for these seven too.
While it's end of academic year here and exam times, such holidays might derail everything.
Now here we all are back to our comfortable dresses in home. And no one seems excited about this unexpected holiday. 
Mornings are rush and I don't get time to read newspaper. So I missed reading the news that government has declared a holiday for all schools up to grade 5. This is to control corona spread. Seems overnight we have 5 cases which are almost confirmed and waiting for official confirmation. And many who came in contact with these 5 are in isolation.
Now I have a holiday as my students are below 10 years and they have to stay at home till government sends further notice. As for my daughters, elder one has study holiday. And younger one gets a default holiday. Theirs is a Waldorf school with only seven children right now above age of 10. So while the other 120 children got holiday, school announced it for at least 2 days for these seven too.
While it's end of academic year here and exam times, such holidays might derail everything.
Now here we all are back to our comfortable dresses in home. And no one seems excited about this unexpected holiday. 11 people like this
13 responses
@freelancermariagrace (28679)
• Philippines
10 Mar 20
Here in Manila, no classes starting today until the 14th.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
10 Mar 20
We have to wait and see. The further government notice will make it clear
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
10 Mar 20
@arunima25 All schools are closed in Italy, not yet here in Switzerland, but they plan to close them.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
It's definitely not a nice holiday. Here too schools upto Grade 5 are closed till further notice by government. High School and senior schools are working. It's time for board exams and other competitive exams for these students.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
10 Mar 20
@LadyDuck We got a message that schools are closed till further notice. Looks like the summer vacation has already started for me.
@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• India
10 Mar 20
Too many unexpected closures are unwelcome. One feels better to have a lot of regular workdays and then planned leaves or expected holidays.
Let us hope that things are under control soon.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
10 Mar 20
And a closure for such things is not pleasant. Anyway this was my last working week for the year tii June. Seems my summer vacation has already started. Just praying that it should not disrupt the current board exams
@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
It's definitely not an exciting one. But precautions especially fot younger children has to be there. It's the best a government can do. Let's hope things are contained and world is back to normal life and business.
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Mar 20
@arunima25 I hope they can contain this virus soon.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
11 Mar 20
@just4him Whole world is praying for that.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
We have five suspected cases but none confirmed so far. However in our country, there are 40 confirmed cases now and hundreds in isolation out of suspect. Half of these confirmed cases are foreign travelers from Italy and other virus affected areas.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
10 Mar 20
We should not panic but definitely take all safety and precautions. There has been unnecessary panic spread but we can't even downplay it.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
12 Mar 20
@Nevena83 Oh! Sad. Hope the numbers of infected is not much or not growing fast. It has to be controlled from spreading.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
11 Mar 20
@arunima25 You're right. There is still no major panic here, but the virus came here three days ago, so I expect that panic will increase over time.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
You are right. In this situation one should avoid travel as much as possible. All these cases in India have come through travel only. Airport is the most prone place for infection. We are cancelling all our plans to travel. Even companies have put travel on a halt.
@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
10 Mar 20
Here in the Philippines, all levels are suspended until Friday.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
10 Mar 20
Hmm... I see. I think it's better to have precautionary measures.
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
9 Mar 20
I read an article about the schools here. There is a guy who has petition on closing our schools. There were 200 people who signed it so far. But no closure yet.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
Such actions are needed to contain the spread and control the virus. But how long can one go along with disruption in normal life and business. It's scary now.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
You are right Judy. Things are alarming. Normal routine and day to day business are getting disrupted. God knows how long will it continue like this.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
Yes. Trying to make best use of it. Tomorrow is the festival of Holi. So anyway a lots of preparations are there to keep us busy.
@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
9 Mar 20
A lot of things has been disrupted. But I think it is better that we prevent it than wait until there is an outbreak.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 Mar 20
Oh. I agree. We have to take preventive measures to control it. I wonder how long will it go on. It's getting scarier with each day.
@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
10 Mar 20
Here school off for twenty days
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