thiruvananthapuram children might have to wear masks in the next academic session in the state kerala health minister kk shailaja said here on sundaycovering of nose and mouth will not go on endlessly but as precaution against the coronavirus infection children may need to wear masks in the next academic session said shailajawearing masks had become the norm for school students in several countries she addedits a good culture we will have to follow it in kerala as well if covid19 prevails till the time of school reopening masks helped us lowern the rate of covid19 spread and resultant deaths kerala has been battling the disease earning good results the minister saidkerala has 96 coronavirus cases in 11 of the 14 districts and around 20000 people under observation at hospitals and homeseven though schools are shut till the last week of may on account of the summer break chief minister pinarayi vijayan said the education department was working on new schedule