Covid-19: A Noida school reported a new case of Covid-19 on Monday (April 11) after a student was tested for coronavirus.
Confirmed sources reported that the student had been sent to solitary confinement immediately and school authorities were also advising parents to keep their wards at home if they had Covid-19 symptoms.
Meanwhile, a private school in Ghaziabad was closed for three days as a precautionary measure after two students were diagnosed with Covid-19, according to a letter from the school’s principal to parents on Sunday (April 10).
Two students from standard 3 and 9 stayed three days away. After inquiry, the school received details of its test for COVID. Based on the information of the school administration they decided that classes from Monday to Wednesday at the school would be conducted through online education.
As the country prepares for the fourth Covid-19 wave in the coming months, Himachal Pradesh looks set to remain cautious if the number of tests conducted on the hill area is indicative. While the central government insists on a five-pronged strategy – Covid testing, tracking, treatment, vaccination and appropriate behavior – to prevent a recurrence of cases – the hill district has conducted just 15,355 tests since April 1. -10, making 1,535 tests per day on average.
The state skipped the 2,000 test mark only once on April 4 when 2,372 tests were performed. The number remained below 1,000 in 2 days, with a very low number of 267 on April 10. RTPCR results – the most accurate test – are evaluated in 24 hours while a quick antigen test gives results in 15 minutes with accuracy. about 70% and the possibility of giving negative feedback.
Barring Una, where the RTPCR accounted for 60% of the total tests conducted on April 4-10, the proportion of rapid testing was higher than the standard test method. According to a weekly report compiled by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 91% of tests last week were performed using RAT in Hamirpur while the immediate diagnostic method had 85% of complete tests in Kinnaur, 83% each.
in Chamba and Lahaul and Spiti, 80% in Bilaspur, 71% in Mandi, 64% in Kangra, 58% in Solan and Shimla 51%.
In these regions, Mandi, Shimla, Kangra, Chamba, Kinnaur, Solan and Hamirpur had a weekly positivity rate of more than 0.2%. The performance of Haryana, in Punjab is not surprising
The neighboring provinces of Punjab and Haryana were able to perform additional tests compared to Himachal Pradesh, but the performance of these two regions was far from impressive.
April 1-10, up to 66,921 tests – 6,692 tests per day on average were performed in Haryana while health officials tested 95,567 -9,556 XNUMX samples per day – in the Punjab.
In Haryana, 74% of Hisar samples were tested using a rapid test method, 62% in Fatehabad, 61% in Mahendragarh and 57% in Bhiwani. In four Punjab provinces – Faridkot (62%), Muktsar (59%), Hoshiarpur (53%) and Mohali (52%), the RAT method was used more than the RT-PCR.
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