2 Students Of Capital High School In Bhubaneswar Test COVID Positive; 10 Staff Of KV-1 Infected

Bhubaneswar: Two students of Capital High School here have tested positive for Covid-19, Headmaster Jitendra Naik informed on Thursday.

Notably, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) began COVID testing at all educational institutions, especially schools that reopened recently for offline classes, in three zones on Wednesday.

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A total of 372 students of Capital High School had undergone the test. Among them, samples of two Class IX students were found infected. They have been kept in isolation, sources said.

Meanwhile, over 10 teachers and staff of KV-I in the city also were found infected during the RT-PCR test after they developed symptoms. The campus is being sanitised, the sources added.