Nashik: The tension of Corona is not decreasing. RT-PCR and rapid test of 15 thousand 655 children were done in last 27 days in Nashik city, Malegaon city, rural. Out of these, 145 children have been found to be Corona positive. In this way the positivity rate is one percent. The positivity rate in children up to five years of age and 6 to 10 years is 1.3 percent. The positivity rate is 1.2 per cent in children between 11 and 15 years of age and 0.7 per cent in adolescents aged 16 to 18 years.
In view of the situation of Corona, the challenge has arisen in front of the families, especially to take care of the children who are not going to school and from class 1st to 9th. Along with encouraging children to wear masks, clean hands and follow social distancing, if a child becomes ill, immediate attention should be given to his treatment. Take medicine only after consulting the doctor. Such an appeal has been made.
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health department suggested
Suggestions have been given by the Health Department to take care of the health of the children. From measuring the fever of every child coming to school, checking it with an oximeter, it has been asked to take care that the children do not stay in the crowd for a long time. Apart from this, children have been appealed to pay special attention to cold, cough, fever.
more infections in boys
Among those found corona positive, the number of boys is 1.20 percent, while 0.74 percent of girls are corona positive.
Girls : 4 out of 505 up to 5 years, 14 out of 1 thousand 48 from 6 to 10 years, 24 out of 3 thousand 13 girls of 11 to 15 years, 14 out of 2,843 girls aged 16 to 18, thus totaling 55 out of 5 thousand 409 girls Girls have been found infected.
boys : 10 out of 620 boys up to 5 years, 14 out of 1 thousand 68 boys of 6 to 10 years, 45 out of 2,821 boys of 11 to 15 years and 38 out of 3,736 boys aged 16 to 18, 99 boys out of 8 thousand 245 total corona have been found positive.