Civic officials sealed Loyola School on Friday after a teacher tested positive for the Coronavirus with Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) indicating that the school wil remain shut for the next 72 hours at least.
JNAC city manager Ravi Bharti said that as per directives of the East Singhbhum district administration, they have directed the Loyola management to ensure that all those who had come in contact with the teacher students in particular be made to undergo a Covid test.
"The school may be reopened after 72 hours and only after all students who had come in contact with the teacher have undergone a Covid test," Bharti told The Telegraph Online.
On Thursday, the management of DBMS English School and Andhra Association English School decided to close their schools after a student and a teacher tested positive a day earlier.
Covid-19 cases have been rising in East Singhbhum district, especially in the steel city since the last week. On Thursday, 71 people tested positive for Covid after testing 2,256 samples, taking he total number of cases to 413 since March 1 and 18,977 since March 2020.
On Friday, concerned over the spike in Covid cases, the district health department sent nine Covid awareness vehicles to as many blocks in East Singhbhum district.
District disease surveillance officer Sahir Pal said, "We are not only focusing on detection of Covid cases by conducting more tests, we are also trying to create awareness among people living in rural areas. The nine Covid awareness vehicles were pressed into service for creating awareness among villagers."
