On Monday, all Puducherry schools reopened for grades 1 to 8. Earlier on Sunday, the government of Puducherry had announced that COVID-19 vaccination is compulsory in the Union Territory with immediate effect.

COVID-19 immunization is now mandatory throughout the Union Territory, according to the administration of Puducherry, which made the announcement earlier on Sunday.

V Narayanasamy, the previous Chief Minister of Puducherry, had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week to provide booster doses for persons who had already received two doses of COVID-19 vaccination.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been closed since March 2020. The decision to reopen primary schools was made because the number of cases in the Union Territory is now on the decline.

For a few months now, classes 9 to 12 have been reopened.