Covid-19 alarm bells ring louder in Maharashtra after over 200 students in Washim hostel test positive

Amid a spurt of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, 229 students, four teachers and staff in a school and hostel have tested positive for the fatal coronavirus in Washim district.

The cases are from a school and hostel at Degaon in Risod tehsil of Washim.

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Washim’s collector Shanmugarajan S visited Risod and reviewed the situation.

Washim district officials said that the cases were reported in the last two to three days.

रिसोड तालुक्यातील देगाव येथील एका शाळेतील ४ शिक्षक, शिक्षकेतर कर्मचारी व वसतिगृहात राहणारे २२९ विद्यार्थी दोन दिवसांत कोरोना बाधित आढळून आले आहेत. त्यामुळे जिल्हाधिकारी षण्मुगराजन एस. यांनी आज तातडीने या निवासी शाळेला भेट देवून येथील परिस्थितीचा आढावा घेतला. pic.twitter.com/pmNAMxoGN0

— DISTRICT INFORMATION OFFICE, WASHIM (@InfoWashim) February 24, 2021