COVID-19 case at State camp for Guide captains in Kozhikode leaves teachers worried

Training for lower primary section suspended

The training for lower primary section of a State camp for Guide captains – women school teachers who are part of the Bharat Scouts and Guides – has been suspended after a participant tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Sessions for teachers from upper primary and high school sections will continue in the online mode from Tuesday.

According to sources, the seven-day camp began at an aided school at Kodenchery in Kozhikode district on December 10. As many as 84 teachers from schools across the State are attending it. The participants got a WhatsApp message on Monday morning saying that the camp has been postponed because one of the teachers had tested positive for the virus. They were told that it would be held in the online mode. That decision was cancelled by afternoon and they were informed that the camp would resume on Tuesday in the residential mode. The plan was changed in the evening and online mode was chosen again.

Some of the organisers reportedly directed the participants through a voice clip to hide information about the infection from the media and the authorities. Later, the clip was deleted from the WhatsApp group.