Dharwad: Schoolchildren seem to be susceptible to Covid-19 in the third wave as reports coming in from the districts in north Karnataka show that many of them are testing positive .
Shanteshwar High School in Aminabhavi village, 15km from here, was sealed by the authorities on Tuesday after 13 students tested positive.
Dharwad Rural BEO Umesh Bommakkanavar confirmed the development and said necessary steps are being taken to isolate the infected students and treat them.
The authorities have sealed the post-matriculation backward classes and minorities’ hostel here after several inmates tested positive.
A school in Hubballi had also been sealed.
Eight students of St Antony’s Public School, located at Siddeshwar Park in Hubballi, tested positive.
Following this, classes were suspended and the school sealed, the district authorities said.
This is the third school in Hubballi to close becasue of a spike in Covid cases among children.
A railway School was closed after a student and a teacher were tested positive in the third week of December. In genome sequencing, it was revealed that both had contracted Omicron.
Chetan Public School, located near Akshay Nagar in Hubballi, had also been closed after 11 students of high school tested positive.
‘Protect children’
In a memorandum submitted to the DC here on Tuesday, JD(U) leader Shrishailgouda Kamatar has urged the district administration to take steps to protect children from infection.
Kamatar said schools are slowly becoming Covid-19 clusters, leading to panic among parents.
The infection is fast spreading in Bengaluru and hence the government has taken tougher rules like closing down the schools and also effective implementation of Covid-19 protocol, he said, adding: “An expert team should be formed which can guide school managements on timely measures to be taken and close monitoring on the health of the students is needed.”
Shanteshwar High School in Aminabhavi village, 15km from here, was sealed by the authorities on Tuesday after 13 students tested positive.
Dharwad Rural BEO Umesh Bommakkanavar confirmed the development and said necessary steps are being taken to isolate the infected students and treat them.
The authorities have sealed the post-matriculation backward classes and minorities’ hostel here after several inmates tested positive.
A school in Hubballi had also been sealed.
Eight students of St Antony’s Public School, located at Siddeshwar Park in Hubballi, tested positive.
Following this, classes were suspended and the school sealed, the district authorities said.
This is the third school in Hubballi to close becasue of a spike in Covid cases among children.
A railway School was closed after a student and a teacher were tested positive in the third week of December. In genome sequencing, it was revealed that both had contracted Omicron.
Chetan Public School, located near Akshay Nagar in Hubballi, had also been closed after 11 students of high school tested positive.
‘Protect children’
In a memorandum submitted to the DC here on Tuesday, JD(U) leader Shrishailgouda Kamatar has urged the district administration to take steps to protect children from infection.
Kamatar said schools are slowly becoming Covid-19 clusters, leading to panic among parents.
The infection is fast spreading in Bengaluru and hence the government has taken tougher rules like closing down the schools and also effective implementation of Covid-19 protocol, he said, adding: “An expert team should be formed which can guide school managements on timely measures to be taken and close monitoring on the health of the students is needed.”
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