Haryana: 22 students of class 10, 12 test COVID +ve before schools reopen

Twenty-two students have tested Covid-19 positive in Hisar, Rohtak and Jhajjar districts of Haryana when they underwent the mandatory health check-up before schools reopened for Classes 10 and 12 on December 14. Last week, the state government decided to reopen schools for students taking the board exams this Monday and for students of Classes 9 and 11 on December 21. The Haryana school education department had asked the students to submit a medical certificate before joining school. 18 students of the Government Senior Secondary School at Kheri Barki village in Barwala sub division of Hisar were found infected with coronavirus on December 12. Vinay Sethia, a health inspector at Barwala, said the matter came to light after school principal Gajanand Sharma requested the department to collect samples of students of the two classes at Kheri Barki village itself on December 12. “We collected the samples of 66 students. Of them, 18 tested positive. We have started sanitization and infected students are in home isolation,” he stated. “Only those students who furnish the medical certificate will be allowed in school. No student came on Wednesday.” he added. It is learnt that two students each tested positive in Rohtak and Jhajjar districts. Dadri deputy civil surgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta said, “We have collected the samples of 800 students and the report will be out by Thursday morning.” -PTC News