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Nainital school turns micro containment zone as 85 pupils test positive for COVID

Nainital's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya students tested positive for COVID, prompting administration to declare the school a micro containment zone

|Jan 02, 2022, 21:49:57 IST

Dehradun: Eighty-five students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nainital's Gangarkot tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the administration to declare the school a micro containment zone.He said samples of 496 students and school staff were sent for the RT-PCR testing after 11 students of the school tested positive recently.Eighty-five students of Classes 6-12 tested positive for COVID on Saturday, he said. The students have been kept in isolation at the school, which has been declared a micro containment zone, the official said.The district administration and the Health Department will soon take a call on whether or not to send home students whose reports have come negative, the official said.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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