26 teachers test Covid positive in Odisha district
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Sat, Jan 9 2021 23:27 IST |
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 : A day after schools reopened across Odisha for the students of Class X and XII, as many as 26 teachers and two students have tested positive for Covid-19 in Gajapati district, an official said on Saturday.
Gajapati Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Pradip Kumar Patra informed that 26 teachers have tested Covid-19 positive in the district in the last two days. Schools in Mohana block has reported the maximum number of cases at 21, Patra said. The infected persons, including the students, are asymptomatic. As per the standard operating procedures, the teachers and students will remain in home quarantine. They would not go to school till they recover from the disease, he added.
As many as 26 teachers and two students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha s Gajapati district after the reopening of schools, prompting the administration to send a senior officer to the district on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Though the development has sparked fears across the state, the administration has urged everyone not to panic as their samples were tested before the reopening of schools on Friday. There are 26 teachers and two students among the 31 persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati district in the last two days, Chief District Medical Officer P K Patra said.
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