VISAKHAPATNAM: About six students aged below 15 years are reported to have tested positive at Yallapuvanipalem zilla parishad high school in Gopalapatnam area of the port city on Thursday. This comes after 16 students tested positive in Vizianagaram district on Wednesday, following which the district administration declared Vangara village and Bobbili as containment zones.
On Thursday, six students including two girls tested positive at Yallapuvanipalem ZP school. “Health officials conducted rapid tests on 49 students, out of which six students tested positive. We are taking all precautions.
The classrooms are sanitised regularly and students also carry sanitisers. We also test the temperatures of students at the school entrance,” school principal N Kavita said.
The school has a strength of 355 students. Keeping in mind the pandemic conditions, school authorities are conducting classes of 10th standard students regularly and eighth and ninth standards classes on alternate days. Deputy district education officer N Prem Kumar also inspected the school premises and instructed the staff and students to take more precautions.
When contacted, the district medical and health officer Dr Surya Narayana told TOI that they are taking all precautions to check the spread of the virus in view of the perceived third wave. “Over 50% out of the total population of 46 lakh in the district have been vaccinated. Around 27 lakh doses, including 21 lakh first dose and 6 lakh second dose have been administered,” he said.
16 students had tested positive in Vizianagaram district on Wednesday, following which the administration declared Vangara village and Bobbili as containment zones
