26 Students Found Covid-19 Positive At Odisha School

26 students found Covid-19 positive at Odisha school

Bhubaneswar : , Nov 27, 2012 – At least 26 girls attending a government residential school in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj were found Covid-19 positive, while 15 additional students were sent for testing.Officials said that Saturday’s results were consistent with the official statement.
The students are from Chamakpur residential high school, Thakurmunda block of the district.

 26 Students Found Covid-19 Positive At Odisha School-TeluguStop.com

Some students became ill on Thursday and the school authorities performed Covid-19 tests.

26 of the students who were tested for the virus were positive.Swabs from 15 other students were sent to Baripada District Headquarters Hospital to be tested, according to officials.

On Saturday, Rajnikant Biswal, Karanjia Sub-Collector, and a medical team visited the school.

According to sources, the boarding school is home to 256 students and 20 staff members.

“We have cleaned the school and run tests.All positive students have been placed in isolation at the school, and medications are being administered.

Biswal said that a doctors’ team was present and that they are keeping an eye on the students.

There is an ambulance stationed there.

He also stated that the school was declared a containment area per the instructions given by the Collector.

At least 53 students from a girls’ high school in Sundergarh had tested positive for Covid-19 on November 23.Similar results were also seen in 31 students at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Burla, which had also tested positive.

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