As many as 89 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya located at Zinc Nagar in Sundargarh district have tested positive for Covid-19 while the educational institution has been declared as a containment zone to curb the spread of the virus.
Initially, 36 students had tested positive while 53 more have been found Covid-affected later, taking the tally to 89. The figure is likely to rise as more samples have been sent for testing.
Classes at the school have been suspended while the infected students are undergoing isolation. Conditions of all the infected were stated to be stable.
Parents of the hostel boarders have been asked to take their children home. It is being alleged that the school authorities didn’t inform the parents about the Covid situation initially and apprised them about it later as the scenario worsened.
