The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Waring Khera village in Punjab’s Muktsar district had to be shut down after 14 students tested positive for Covid-19.
Of the 14 infected students, 12 study in Class 8, while the remaining two are in Class 9. The students will be isolated at school, which is day boarding, and receive treatment there.
As the Covid-positive children could infect their families if sent home, the students are being treated in the campus itself.
India reported 9,283 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
With this, the active caseload of the infection stands at 1,11,481, which is the lowest in 537 days. As many as 437 people have succumbed to the COVID-19 infection in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,66,584.
Meanwhile, India’s active caseload now accounts for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.32 per cent, the lowest since March 2020.
Schools in Punjab reopened for all classes from August 2 this year after the state relaxed Covid-19 restrictions because of the declining number of cases. Strict Covid-compliant guidelines were put in place for the reopening of schools.
