After 16 students of a Ghansoli based educational institution were found positive for COVID-19 on Friday, December 17, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is set to undertake strict precautionary action in schools in the city, reports stated. Officials from the NMMC mentioned that if a student’s family members have recently returned from abroad, students will have to undergo COVID-19 tests.
Based on accounts, Abhijit Bangar, the commissioner of NMMC, elaborated that the school in which the cases were found, will remain non-operational for the coming eight days. This will be until all the students, as well as teachers, are tested for coronavirus.
Bangar was quoted by reports elucidating on how there are three building blocks in the campus, thus all students and staff will be checked. He has also asked that the utilization of masks and hand sanitisers be made mandatory.
On Saturday, December 18, almost 600 students of the school and junior college in sector 18, Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha, will undergo the COVID-19 test as a precautionary measure. According to a report by the PTI, an official remarked that the father of one of the students had returned from Qatar earlier this month.
Adding that whilst the father tested negative, his family members that included his son in grade 11 tested positive. The 16 students who tested positive are believed to be between grades 8-11. Over the last three days, 811 students were tested. Students who have tested positive are undergoing treatment at a facility in Vashi.
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