Pune Dec 26 PTI The number of coronavirus positive cases at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Maharashtras Ahmednagar district has gone up to 51 which includes 48 students a health official said on Sunday Their samples are being sent for genome sequencing to know whether they are carrying the Omicron variant of coronavirus another official said A few days back 19 students from the residential school in Parner tehsil had tested positive for the viral infection The school has over 400 students across classes 5 to 12 All the students and staff members were subjected to RT-PCR tests Parner taluka health officer Dr Prakash Lalge told PTI So far 51 people including 48 students and three staff members from the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya have tested positive for coronavirus All of them have been isolated and hospitalised Most of the students are asymptomatic and their health is stable the official said Ahmednagar district collector Rajendra Bhosale said the school campus has been declared a containment zone I visited the school today As a precautionary measure we have deployed a medical team comprising a doctor and two nurses to monitor other students in the campus in case they develop any symptoms he said The samples of all 51 persons are being sent for genome sequencing the collector added Bhosale said some parents wanted to take their wards home and they have been told a decision on this would be taken after students complete the quarantine period The school part of the Navodaya Vidyalaya network which comes under the Union education ministry is located at Takali Dhokeshwar village in Ahmednagar district PTI SPK GK BNM NP NP

Pune Dec 24 PTI The Ahmednagar district administration on Friday issued a no vaccine no entry order covering various areas including private establishments shopping malls hotels restaurants cinemas auditoriums marriage halls agriculture markets as well as events The order issued by Collector Rajendra Bhosale will start from Saturday and it has been made mandatory for people visiting these places to have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and follow pandemic appropriate behaviour an official said Meanwhile a woman having a travel history to Nigeria tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Srirampur tehsil of the district said Bhosale He also informed that 19 students from a residential school in Takali Dhokeshwar village in Parner tehsil have tested positive for COVID-19 over the last three to four days There are over 400 students from Classes V to XII in the residential school All 19 students who have tested positive are hospitalised They are stable and there is nothing to worry about he added PTI SPK BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday announced an ex gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of those who were killed in the fire mishap at Ahmednagar Civil hospital.

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], November 6 (ANI): A total of 10 people have died after a massive fire broke out on Saturday at a district hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar.