Jeevan Jyothi High School in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka has been sealed.
Bangalore:
At least 10 students and a teacher at a school in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district tested positive for COVID-19, following which the school building was sealed and declared a containment zone.
Chikkamagaluru District Health Officer Dr Umesh said that a total of 470 people, including students, teachers and non-teaching staff, were tested for coronavirus at the Jeevan Jyothi High School in Chikkamagaluru. He said that the report of 11 people has turned out to be positive.
He told that all the infected people are asymptomatic and have been kept in home quarantine.
All classes have been suspended and health department officials have been deployed at the school to monitor the situation.
Regular offline classes continue in Karnataka, while several schools in the state are reporting increase in coronavirus cases between students and staff.
Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh had recently said that the government would not shy away from stalling exams and schools if the situation arises, but added that experts are of the opinion that there is no problem in conducting regular offline classes. Is. Epidemic clusters have emerged among students of residential schools in Bengaluru Rural, Mysore and Chikkamagaluru.
Last week, at least 69 people Including 59 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya were tested positive in Chikkamagaluru.
Karnataka on Saturday reported a total of 320 new COVID-19 cases and two fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 30,00,105 and the death toll to 38,257.
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