Vadodara: Ten teachers and one student are currently undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in Vadodara city and district after their samples for coronavirus tested positive.
Sources said that these cases have surfaced in the last couple of days. The student who had tested positive of Covid-19 however, was not attending classes at the school.
“These are all isolated cases that have been reported from Vadodara city, Padra, Karjan among other places. There is no mass sampling being carried out at educational institutes in Vadodara,” said an official.
The official said that since the schools have reopened nearly 25 teachers including principals and students who have tested positive of Covid-19.
“This, however, has not affected the functioning of the schools which are working with thin attendance. If a staff member or a student tests positive, we ask other staff members to undergo a test. Those who test positive present their Covid-19 report and proceed on leave while other staff members continue to work,” the official said.
Last week, teachers and principal of primary schools in Padra taluka of Vadodara district had also tested positive of Covid-19.
A teacher from the secondary section of Choksi K K Girls School run by Padra Nagarpalika and others from primary schools of Saraswani and Latipura had tested positive while there were reports that schools on Masar Road and Karkhadi had shut down. Officials of education department had however denied that the schools have shut down.