BHOPAL: All 144 students of a primary school in Ghuwara town of Chattarpur district and their families have been quarantined and are being tested for Covid-19 after a seven-year-old child tested positive on September 30.
The government school has been closed down for 10 days, and all the staff are being screened as well. Containment zones have been created in the town and medicines are being distributed as a precaution. It’s the first Covid case in the district after a gap of two months. It’s been 10 days since primary schools reopened in Madhya Pradesh with 50% attendance. News of the Covid-positive child spread rapidly across this small town of Bundelkhand.
The student had started going to school on September 27, a teacher said, adding that it’s likely he and his parents recently returned from another state. The child reported to a fever clinic after developing a cough and cold. He was tested for Covid and the report came positive on September 30.
