According to the report, after 56 students tested positive for COVID-19 in Leh, the district administration instructed the shutdown of all schools in the district for 15 days and guided that online classes be suggested as soon as the test results were received.
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The administration of Ladakh’s Leh district has instructed the shutdown of all schools after at least 56 students from the 3-Idiots Bollywood fame movie school (Rancho School) tested positive for COVID-19. The students have already been isolated from the rest and quarantined.
Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, Deputy Commissioner of Leh, has immediately ordered that all government and private schools, along with residential hostels, in Leh stay sealed for 15 days, from September 18 to October 2, in light of findings of new COVID-19 instances in schools and the concern of public health and safety. Following that, the condition will be reviewed.
The appearance of travelers showing up in Leh has also risen, with 2025 travelers being scanned at the KBR airport yesterday. 514 travelers entering by road were scanned at the Khaltse and 375 at the Upshi checkpoints.
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Latest Corona Updates for Leh and Kargil
According to a media update issued by the UT Ladakh directorate of health services on Friday, 70 COVID positive sample reports have been obtained from Leh and one COVID positive sample report from Kargil.
Since the pandemic emerged, the total number of cases in J&K has reached 3,27,773, with a death toll of 4,416. However, the pandemic spread last year, Ladakh has marked 207 COVID-related deaths, with 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil.
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School Campus Declared As Containment Zone
A lot of the current instances were identified at Druk Padma Karpo School Shey, spurring District Development Commissioner (Leh) Shrikant Balasaheb Suse to proclaim the school campus a containment zone about the prevention of the infection, they said. According to authorities, 56,169 tests were performed in the UT in the past 24 hours.
The count of positive cases in the Ladakh union territory (UT) risen substantially, reaching 109 (106 in Leh and 3 in Kargil district).
District Administration is Strict On COVID Protocol
The DC has instructed the chief medical officer and the chief education officer to confirm that all students potentially leaving residential schools are considered necessary to be scanned for the RT-PCR test and then placed in home quarantine with their family members for 7 days, regardless of their results. The DC alerted that all those who disobey the order would face serious consequences.
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Kashmir’s Admin Joins Imams to Help With COVID-19 Regulation
An official representative said that Kashmir divisional commissioner Pandurang K Pole met with influential religious personalities in Srinagar on Saturday, along with Imams and Khateebs of shrines and mosques, to discuss better regulation of COVID-appropriate behavior among individuals in light of a potential third wave of COVID-19.
Meanwhile, 152 new coronavirus infections were observed in Jammu and Kashmir, On Saturday. There were 137 confirmed cases in Kashmir and 15 in Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar, which is observing an upsurge, had the highest number of 67.
