Bengaluru: The district authorities have sealed Sri Chaitanya Girls’ Residential School in Bengaluru after 60 of its students tested positive for Covid-19. Out of these 60,  only two are found symptomatic.  However, the district authorities have sealed Sri Chaitanya Girls' Residential School in Bengaluru right away. The incident has come as a big worry for the Karnataka Health and Education department as the B.S. Bommai government prepares to open primary classes soon.

Bengaluru Urban District Commissioner J. Manjunath said the students tested positive on September 26. The Covid-19 tests were conducted on 480 students as one of the students from Bellary developed Covid-like symptoms. The girls who tested positive are from Classes 11 and 12. 46 students, who tested positive belong to different districts of Karnataka and 14 students came from Tamil Nadu. There are also 22 teachers, 57 staff members working in the residential school.

Meanwhile, the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 87.6 crore on September 28, the Health Ministry said. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines on Sept 28 asking States for prompt and effective containment measures and to accelerate the pace of vaccination to prevent the rise in number of COVID-19 cases due to the coming festival season. The guidelines issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 will be effective till October 31.

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