50 students from two J&K schools test positive for Covid-19
50 students from two J&K schools test positive for Covid-19
Srinagar, April 01 :
Around 50 students from two schools in Jammu and Kashmir have tested positive for Covid-19. The schools were then promptly shut down by authorities.
The authorities of Jammu and Kashmir shut down two schools as a contact-tracing programme was initiated after as many as 50 students from two different schools in South Kashmir tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
At least 36 students of the primary classes of Noorani Public School in the Khull area of Kulgam tested positive on Wednesday.
The district health services conducted random testing at the school after six of the teachers from its senior wing were found infected with Covid-19 on Monday.
" We found that 36 students up to class 5 were positive. Even a grandparent who had come to collect his ward from the school has tested positive for Covid-19," she said, as per PTI reports.
Door-to-door testing for students
The medical officer, who won laurels for running a successful campaign against Covid-19 last year and was also awarded, said she has already initiated a contact-tracing programme and the parents of all the children would be tested on Thursday.
She said the Health Department will launch a door-to-door drive to trace all the contacts of the students and conduct tests.
The school has been shut for a week as a precautionary measure, she added.
A random sampling of students was carried out at the Government High School, Kathsoo in the district, where 14 children were detected with Covid-19.
The school has been ordered to remain closed for a week, officials said.
The schools in Jammu and Kashmir started reopening district-wise from January 2021.
The main objective of reopening schools was to prepare students of higher classes for the upcoming board exams. All schools have been asked to follow Covid-19 SOPs issued by the government.
