Mumbai: Around 16 students have been found to be Corona virus positive after a student was found infected with the virus in a school in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Investigation revealed that the father of the student, who was initially found positive, had recently returned from Qatar. After which the whole family took a virus test in which the father’s test came negative but the son was found infected with the virus.
Subsequently, on December 13, several students were tested positive at his son’s school and seven of them were found positive. Later, around 650 students were tested for the virus and a total of 16 students reported positive. Amidst such a large number of students, mass testing of corona is being done in the school. Let us tell you that the schools that were closed during the first and second wave of Corona were recently reopened. This was done after the situation made by Corona improved under Unlock in Maharashtra.
An official of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation said that they are students from class VIII to XI. “The father of one of these students had returned from Qatar on December 9. He lives with his family at Gothivali in Ghansoli and his COVID-19 test came negative, but when his family was examined, his son studying in class 11 in the school was found infected. ,
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After this, all the students of Shetkari Educational Institution were screened and so far 16 students have been confirmed to be infected, the official said. “So far 811 students of the school have been screened in the last three days and 600 students will be screened on Saturday,” he said. These students are admitted to the COVID Care Center in Vashi.
According to media reports, about 16 students have been found corona infected at a school in Navi Mumbai. The infected students include students from class 8th to class 11th. At the same time, after this news, the hands and feet of the administration have swelled. In view of safety, it has now been decided to conduct corona testing of staff including children on a large scale in the school. During this corona test of all 600 students will be done.