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LUDHIANA: As many as 115 Covid-19 cases were reported in Ludhiana on Tuesday. These included five teachers and a school student.
Chief medical officer Sukhjeevan Kakkar said the district case count has now increased to 27,295.
The new cases included a student of Government Primary School, Peeru Banda, Salem Tabri, five teachers of Khalsa College, Sudhar, Government Primary School, Giaspura, Sacred Heart School, Utala, Samrala, GSS Smart School, Payal, and Devi Bharwa School of Salem Tabri. Besides, 20 are contacts of positive patients, 25 are from OPD, 53 from flu corner and one through tracing process.
On the day, a patient from Sangrur lost his life at a hospital in the city. The district toll tally stood at 1,030 and that of outsiders has risen to 510.
Express News Service
BENGALURU: For children studying in the Government Primary School at Vignana Nagar in KR Puram, reaching the school has almost become a steeple chase. With no proper access road, they are forced to scale a four-foot-high compound wall, erected recently by the owner of an adjacent piece of land.Though regular classes have not yet commenced for students up to Class 5, teachers come to the school every day. Some students, however, do come to meet teachers and clarify doubts, collect books and uniforms. They also visit the school once a month to collect grains and groceries which are given instead of midday meals.
Ludhiana: With as many as 40 students of various schools in the district testing positive for coronavirus last week, the spread of Covid-19 among the students has emerged as a big challenge for the authorities.
Although cases of infection among teachers and students have been reported since the reopening of schools last month, the rate of students testing positive has increased of late. Of the 86 students found infected with the virus in various schools of the district, nearly half (40) were tested positive last week only, according a health department data.
All the cases of infection among students reported last week came from two schools, including Government Senior Secondary School, Chaunta, from where 37 cases have been reported till now, while seven cases have surfaced in a private school in Samrala. A female teacher and a male peon of the Chauta school also tested positive last week.
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Aparna Banerji
Jalandhar, February 19
Five years ago, rainwater used to enter classes at Government Primary School, Bhandal Himat. As a result, snakes, too, had a field day in the school and students had no other option than skipping classes.
Seeing the plight of students, a couple of Non-Resident Indians came forward and turned the institute into a heaven. With assistance pouring in from abroad, scales tilted in such a manner that students quit private schools to get enrolled at one of the most sought after institute in the area.