Plea in HC seeks exemption to children from attending school till COVID vaccine developed

Kolkata, Jun 11 () A PIL was moved before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday claiming that children below the age of 12 years are susceptible to COVID-19 and should be exempted from going to school till a vaccine or a cure for the disease is found.

Lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal moved a division bench comprising Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee, submitting that since vaccination of children continues till the age of 12 years, their immune system is not developed fully till then.

She prayed for a court order directing that children below 12 years of age be exempted from attending school physically till a medicine to cure the disease or a vaccine is developed.

The bench said the matter will be taken up for hearing on June 19 and asked the state and central governments to be represented by their lawyers. AMR SOM RC