Navi Mumbai : The corona report of 18 students studying in secondary and junior school of Shetkari Education Institute located in Ghansoli has come positive. Taking this seriously, the Municipal Commissioner directed the Education Department of the Municipal Corporation to close this school. Following this, the school has been closed for 7 days by the Education Department of the Municipal Corporation.
Significantly, till Saturday, more than 800 students of this school were tested for corona. Out of which the report of 2 more students has come positive, after which the number of students found corona positive in this school has now increased to 18. All these students have been admitted to the COVID Center of the Municipal Corporation located in Vashi for treatment. At the same time, samples of the person who came from abroad have been sent for genome sequencing testing.
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The report of the person who returned from abroad is negative
Significantly, a person living in Ghansoli had recently returned from Qatar. The corona test of this person was done by the Municipal Corporation, whose report came negative, but when the family members of this person were tested for corona, then the son of this person was found to be corona positive. Who studies in the school of Shetkari Shiksha Sansthan located in Ghansoli. After the report of this student came positive, 375 students of this school were tested for corona by the Municipal Corporation, out of which the report of 15 more students came positive. Taking this matter seriously, 600 more students studying in this school were investigated by the Municipal Corporation, out of which the report of 2 more students has come positive.
Instructions to keep the school closed till 26 December
Significantly, after the report of 18 students in the school of Shetkari Shiksha Sansthan came to be Corona positive, the municipal administration has started taking precautions. Under which the students studying in this school are being tested for corona for the last 3 days. Along with this, the inner and outer part of the school has been sanitized to prevent corona in the school. This school has been closed from 18 to 26 December 2021 to prevent the spread of corona infection among the students studying in this school. Before starting the school from December 27, the administrators of this school have been instructed to seriously review whether concrete measures have been taken for the prevention of corona infection in the school.
The students studying in Shetkari Shiksha Sansthan’s school, whose reports have come corona positive, the relatives and near ones who came in contact with them have been investigated for corona. The corona testing of the rest of the students and their families studying in this school is being done door-to-door.
– Abhijeet Bangar, Commissioner, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation