Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
Panaji, Mar 22: After some of the students tested positive for Covid-19, a high school in Kavlem, Ponda discontinued its physical classes.
In a Dhavali based orphanage, altogether 16 girl students tested positive for coronavirus and most of them study in the Kavlem school, it is said. The girls were studying in classes IX to XII. Apart from these, two children also tested positive. "Further decision to resume classes will be taken after reviewing the situation," sources said.
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All the students in the orphanage were tested. However, the source of the infection has not been traced. After the girls of the orphanage were infected, boys and staff of the orphanage's boys hostel were also tested, but found negative. Some parents have demanded not to conduct physical classes until the situation improves.