shimla all educational institutions including schools colleges and universities will remain closed upto april 15 in himachal pradesh as a precautionary measure keeping in view the current situation of the covid19 pandemic in the state state executive committee sec disaster management cell has issued an order to this effect on saturday all teaching and nonteaching staff will however continue to attend their respective institutionsas on march 1 himachal pradesh had total 58877 positive cases of which 495 cases were active 57386 patients had recovered while 983 patients had died now in last one month state has reported surge in covid cases as on april 3 upto 2 pm state had total 64494 confirmed positive cases of which 3095 cases were active 60336 patients have recovered while 1044 patients have diedstudents of the classes having their scheduled examinations in the near future can visit the schools or educational institute to clear any doubts with a written consent of the parents or guardian all coaching centres to prepare for competitive exams and nursing medical dental colleges will remain open and ensure observance of the covid19 standard operating procedures sops issued by government from time to timeaccording to the order educational institutions having residential facilities need not close their hostel facilities but must observe sops issued by union ministry of health and family welfare for covid19 prevention and covid19 appropriate behaviour the educational institutions that are earmarked as examination centres shall be properly sanitized prior to being used as examination centers all such schools and educational institutions also must appoint a compliance officer for this purposeorder said that all the departments and organisations of the government district magistrates police officers officials and local authorities of the state have been directed to ensure strict compliance with the directions of the sec and various sops ibid this order will remain in force in all parts of the state with immediate effect till further orderswith fresh spike in covid19 positive cases and deaths in himachal pradesh government is taking strict measures to contain the spread of virus and on saturday all the offices of the government public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies including the state secretariat at shimla remained closed to break the chain of transmissionconsidering the prevalent status of the covid19 pandemic and the overall circumstances sec on march 25had issued an order announcing to follow testtracktreat protocol in all parts of the state as per the guidelines of union ministry of home affairs the protocol includes aggressive testing to detect early covid19 positive cases timely isolation of such positive cases by providing them clinical interventions timely contact tracing as per protocol and demarcation of containment zones