3 Noida, Ghaziabad schools shut after students, teachers test Covid positive

Noida/Ghaziabad: Three private schools in Noida and Ghaziabad have been shut after eighteen students were claimed to be found infected with Covid-19. The health department officials said that they have set up camps which will test school staff and children for next three days.

Three students enrolled at two private schools in Ghaziabad have tested positive for coronavirus, while 16 cases, including three among teachers, were reported from a school in Noida, officials said on Monday.

"One of the students from the school in Indirapuram is from Greater Noida while the other is resident of Indirapuram. The three children from the school in Vaishali are of the same class but we do not have their details on our portal. Our teams are in touch with the school officials to get the details. The two schools have been shut for physical classes while teaching is going on through online mode," said Dr Rakesh Gupta, district surveillance officer.

"Our teams have initiated testing of staff and children as well for next three days," Dr Gupta added.

The school will remain closed from April 11-13 as a precautionary measure. However, the online mode of classes will continue for the next three days.

The state government had ordered the schools to resume physical classes from February 14. Gradually most of the schools, first for higher classes then ultimately for all classes were reopened in the city.

The country has seen a sharp decline in the cases of Covid-19 in the past few weeks with the latest single-day tally of infection plummeting to 796 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Noida is currently having 54 active cases while the neighbouring Ghaziabad's active case tally rose to 28 after two new cases.