Dehradun: As many as 85 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nainital’s Gangarkot of Uttarakhand tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the administration to declare the school a micro containment zone, reported news agency PTI on Sunday.Also Read – Patna Schools to Remain Closed For Classes 1 to 8 Till January 8. Details Inside
Samples of 496 students and school staff were sent for the RT-PCR testing after 11 students of the school tested positive recently, an official was quoted as saying. Eighty-five students of Classes 6-12 tested positive for Covid on Saturday, he said. Also Read – UP Prisons Bans Visitors From Meeting Inmates Amid Rise In COVID Cases
The students have been kept in isolation at the school, which has been declared a micro containment zone, the official said. The district administration and the Health Department will soon take a call on whether or not to send home students whose reports have come negative, he added. Also Read – Omicron Surge: UK Govt Tells Workplaces Plan For Absences of Up To 25% Staff
(With PTI inputs)
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