As COVID-19 cases are gradually rising in the State, 31 students from two private schools in Bengaluru tested positive, leading both the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Education Department to spring into action.
As many as 21 students from New Standard English School and 10 students from MES School of BBMP Dasarahalli zone, Rajagopalanagar, tested positive following a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted during a vaccination programme on June 9 by the BBMP.
State Health Commissioner Randeep D. said the schools have been directed to ensure that students mandatorily wear face masks and they are physically distanced in the class or while eating. “We have told them that all symptomatic students should not be allowed to attend classes. All the primary and secondary contacts of the infected children are being tested,” he said. The commissioner added that all are mildly symptomatic and home isolated.
