53 Schoolgirls, 22 MBBS Students Test Positive For COVID-19 In Odisha In Last 3 Days: Report
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"The girls have been isolated and special provisions have been made for their treatment. Their health condition is normal, while the educational institute has been shut for a week," Sister Petrica, Headmistress of St Merry Girls' School, told news agency Press Trust of India.
Fifty-three girls, students of a government-aided high school in Odisha's Sundargarh district, and 22 MBBS students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla in Sambalpur tested positive for COVID-19 in the last three days, a health official said.
Odisha's coronavirus tally rose to 10,47,386 today as 212 more people, including 70 children, tested positive for the infection; while two fresh fatalities pushed the number of deaths to 8,396, he said.
"The girls have been isolated and special provisions have been made for their treatment. Their health condition is normal, while the educational institute has been shut for a week," Sister Petrica, Headmistress of St Merry Girls' School, told news agency Press Trust of India.
The infected students are studying in classes 8, 9 and 10, and they were tested for COVID-19 after a majority of them exhibited symptoms of cold and cough, she said, adding that the district administration and health authorities have been informed about it.
