2 colleges in Vadodara, Navsari closed after college students get Covid

A faculty in Vadodara and a school-cum-hostel in Navsari have been shut down after one scholar every of the establishments examined constructive for Covid-19 on March 3.
Baroda High School in Alka-puri, Vadodara, the place a Class 12 scholar examined constructive will likely be closed until March 8, whereas Gand-highar Kacholi Balwantrai and Induben Nayak run Higher Seco-ndary School for Deaf and Dumb at Kacholi village in Gandevi taluka of Navsari district the place a Class 11 scholar examined constructive will likely be closed for 14 days from Thursday.
According to the Baroda High School administration, the choice was taken after the scholar communicated that he examined constructive after present process a take a look at on March 2. Three lecturers who got here involved with the scholar have been requested go in isolation and it was determined to shut the college for six days.
A member of the college administration stated, “The decision to close the campus was independent. The authorities did not ask us to do so but we found it necessary to break the chain of transmission. Our online classes are functional and there is no hindrance to the syllabus. We have followed the guidelines but it is unfortunate that it still happened. The school will reopen next week and we will continue to be on guard.”
The administration stated that shut contacts of the scholar had examined damaging however they have been being requested to watch signs.
Vadodara Medical Officer for Health, Dr Devesh Patel stated, “There is no rule in place for closing schools if anyone tests positive. It is their decision. Our task at VMC is only to do contact-tracing… It is not case-specific and is done regularly by health teams in the field. The school has to close for sanitising the premises for a few hours and isolate contacts of positive patients.”
The Navsari college has a complete of 45 college students who keep within the hostel and research in Class 9 to 12.
On Wednesday, all the scholars have been despatched again to their properties, whereas on Thursday, the college authorities sanitised the premises.
In the previous few days, a number of of the scholars complained of cough and chilly, following which, the college authorities received all the scholars examined at a main well being care centre.
Those discovered as suspicious instances after antigen take a look at have been despatched for RT-PCR take a look at, wherein one scholar examined constructive.
School prinicipal Charmi Desai stated, “After one student tested positive, we called the parents of all 45 students and told them to take their children to their homes. Administrative staff and teachers have tested negative. We have sanitised the entire premises. We were following the standard operating procedures and were taking necessary precautions.”
Navsari district well being officer Dr Mehul Dailywala stated, “One of the students from Udhna area in Surat city tested positive. We have told the school authorities to sanitise the entire premises. The students will now stay at their homes for 14 days and then return to school.”

Navsari district schooling officer Rohitkumar Chaudhary stated, “We have told the school authorities to send the students back to their homes for 14 days… We have also intimated other schools and hostels in the district to strictly follow Covid guidelines… we will carry out surprise checks.”