Bhubaneswar: Twelve Kendriya Teachers Vidyalaya-1 and two students in the capital of secondary school in Bhubaneswar were tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday.
In the last two days, more than 200 students have tested positive in various educational institutions throughout the country including VSS Medical College and hospitals, Sambalpur, deepening the fold on the forehead of parents.
The number of Covid cases that increased in educational institutions had forced many schools to stop offline classes.
“Some teachers have been detected with Covid for one month or more.
Anyone who shows symptoms, we ask them to stay at home and do not come to school.
Many of our teachers detected with Covid have joined after a recovery.
After detection of cases and due to fear.
Will the omicron variant, we have stopped the offline class from November 30, “said Bhupendra Singh, the point is responsible for KV-1.
However, class X and XII students came to school to attend the ongoing Term Council exam conducted amid strict Covid guidelines.
“We have ensured strict compliance with Covid guidelines such as wearing masks, maintaining social distance and cleaning schools continuously.
I ask students to appear for the council exam to tell us whether there are unhealthy or suffering from colds and coughs.
No need to come to school and put life and other people at risk.
CBSE will make special arrangements for them, “Singh said.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Thursday collected a sample of 100 teachers and students for Covid testing, the results were awaited.
Meanwhile, offline classes for IX continue to be normal on Thursday in the capital city of high school even though the two students have been tested positively.
“The two positive tested students did not have symptoms.
Cases were detected in a fast antigen test, so we asked them to test the RT-PCR.
We cleaned the school campus thoroughly and continued the class,” said Jitendra Nayak, the principal, head school.
Middle school capital.
The surge in Covid cases was seen in various educational institutions from the third week of November when 53 residential residents of housing plus II in the Sundargarh district were tested positively.
After the increase in Covid cases in educational institutions, the Odisha State Commission for the protection of children’s rights (OSCPCR) on Thursday asked all district collectors to make arrangements for Covid testing kits for school and college students and to ensure strict compliance with the Covid Protocol at All educational institutions.