The number of COVID positive cases has risen to 51, including 48 students, in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, a health official said on Sunday.
their samples are being sent for genome sequencing to know that they are carrying omicron version, another official said.
A few days back, 19 students of a residential school in Parner tehsil had tested positive for the viral infection. The school has more than 400 students from class V to XII.
Parner taluka health officer Dr Prakash Lalge said that all the students and staff members were tested for RT-PCR.
“Till now, 51 people including 48 students and three staff members of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya have tested positive coronavirusAll of them have been isolated and admitted to the hospital. Most of the students are asymptomatic and their health is stable,” said the official.
Ahmednagar District Collector Rajendra Bhosale said that the school premises have been declared as a ‘containment zone’.
“I visited the school today. As a precaution, we have deployed a medical team of a doctor and two nurses to monitor other students on the campus (in case they develop any symptoms), ”he said.
The collector said that samples of all the 51 persons are being sent for genome sequencing.
Bhosale said some parents want to take their children home and added that a decision would be taken only after the students complete the quarantine period.
The school is part of Navodaya Vidyalaya network which comes under Union Ministry of Education, located at Takli Dhokeshwar village in Ahmednagar district.
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