29 students of Telangana residential school test Covid positive – Education News
29 students of a government-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana’s Khammam district have tested positive for Covid-19, triggering panic among parents and teachers. The cases were reported during the last two days at the school and junior college in Wyra town, officials said.
The school authorities conducted tests for all students after a couple of students showed suspected symptoms. Worried parents rushed to the school and took their wards home.
District Medical and Health Officer Dr B. Malathi said those who tested positive were fine. The official said the students who tested positive were taken home by their parents for home quarantine and they were all fine. The parents of students who tested negative also took them home as a precautionary measure.
Some parents pulled up the school authorities over the delay in giving them this information. This is the first time since the reopening of residential schools in the state last month that such a large number of students tested positive.
The incident prompted the authorities to ramp up Covid-19 preventive measures in residential schools.
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