Noida school shuts down after 13 students, 3 teachers test Covid positive

Khaitan Public School in Noida was shut down after 13 students and three teachers tested positive for Covid-19. The management took the decision to shut down the school on Monday evening. The cases were reported in Class 6 and Class 8.

On Monday, three students enrolled at two private schools in Ghaziabad tested positive for the Covid.
One of the schools, located in Indirapuram, announced three days' closure as a precautionary measure to break the chain of infection, an official of the institute said.
Ghaziabad Chief Medical Officer Dr Bhavtosh Shankhdhar said of the three students, two are from one school and of these two, one lives in Noida.
"Their Covid-19 test results were known while the students were at their homes and not in school. We will be carrying our tests and vaccinations in the schools," the doctor told PTI.
Asked if the children have been diagnosed with the latest XE variant of the virus, the senior doctor said the details are yet to be ascertained.