COVID-19 17 girls of Raigarh school test positive reports of 476 students awaited

Raigarh Dec 25 PTI At least 17 girls of Classes VIII and X of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Bhupdevpur in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district have tested positive for COVID-19 an official said on Saturday Raigarh Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr S N Keshari said the 17 girls have been shifted from the hostel to a guesthouse and the entire school has been declared as a containment zone The reports of the 13 girls returned positive on Friday and the remaining four on Saturday Samples of 176 girls studying in Classes VI to XII were tested on Friday and that of 300 boys on Saturday These results are awaited he said Last Sunday parents of some of the children had come to meet them One of the parents was infected The health department has set up a camp to curb the spread and monitor the situation he added Incidentally Raigarh district has led the daily addition tally in Chhattisgarh on December 18 19 21 and 22 local officials said As on Friday Chhattisgarh has a caseload of 1007540 including 13597 deaths PTI COR TKP BNM BNM BNM

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December 25, 2021

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Raigarh Dec 25 PTI At least 17 girls of Classes VIII and X of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Bhupdevpur in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district have tested positive for COVID-19 an official said on Saturday Raigarh Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr S N Keshari said the 17 girls have been shifted from the hostel to a guesthouse and the entire school has been declared as a containment zone The reports of the 13 girls returned positive on Friday and the remaining four on Saturday Samples of 176 girls studying in Classes VI to XII were tested on Friday and that of 300 boys on Saturday These results are awaited he said Last Sunday parents of some of the children had come to meet them One of the parents was infected The health department has set up a camp to curb the spread and monitor the situation he added Incidentally Raigarh district has led the daily addition tally in Chhattisgarh on December 18 19 21 and 22 local officials said As on Friday Chhattisgarh has a caseload of 1007540 including 13597 deaths PTI COR TKP BNM BNM BNM

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