Coronavirus | Kendriya Vidyalayas offer school buildings for isolation facility

The schools that allow setting up of isolation facilities will have to communicate the same to KV authorities the same day.

March 27, 2020 08:03 pm | Updated 08:33 pm IST - New Delhi:

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has offered its school buildings for setting up temporary isolation facility for suspected coronavirus ( COVID-19 )cases, KVS officials said on Friday.

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“Keeping in view the alarming situation created by COVID-19 in the country, it has been decided that on a formal request from any defence authority or district administration, the schools shall allow use of classrooms of KV school buildings for temporary housing of suspected COVID-19 cases,” a KVS official told PTI.

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“The schools which allow setting up of isolation facilities, will have to communicate the same to KV authorities the same day,” the official added.

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