After the reopening of schools, 11 persons, including seven students, of a Government residential school in K Nuagaon of Kandhamal district have tested positive for Covid-19.
All of them have been kept under home isolation. As per reports, four teachers, including the Headmaster of the K Nuagaon Ashram School and seven students, including four boys of Classes-IX and X, have contracted the deadly virus. Earlier, as many as 31 teachers and students in Gajapati district had tested positive for the virus on January 9, a day after reopening schools across State.
It is pertinent to mention that classes of Class-X students would continue till April 26 while Class-XII students would attend their classes till April 28.