6 schools closed in Kashmir after 50 students test Covid positive

Authorities in Kashmir have ordered the closure of six schools in Central, South and North Kashmir after 50 students tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.

Authorities in Kashmir have ordered the closure of six schools in Central, South and North Kashmir after 50 students tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, officials said. Thirty-six students of Noorani Public School in Khull area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir's Kulgam district tested positive during a random sampling drive, DH Pora Block Medical Officer (BMO) Shugufta Salam said. She said the report of a grandparent of a student who had come to the school to fetch his grandchild also came out positive.