
19 students of tribal school test positive for COVID-19
The Hindu
They are asymptomatic and healthy, say officials
Nineteen students from a boys’ residential school at Kotturu village in G. Madugula mandal of Visakhapatnam district tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. All the students are asymptomatic and healthy, according to officials.
P. Leela Prasad, Additional District Medical and Health Officer, Paderu, said that the Health Department conducted random COVID-19 tests on students at the school on Wednesday, after which it emerged on Thursday that 19 of them had contracted COVID-19. He added that all the students who tested positive are around 14 years of age and are studying in classes VIII to X. Close contacts were also tested, he added.

The Karnataka government has drafted a comprehensive master plan for the integrated development of Kukke Subrahmanya temple, the State’s highest revenue-generating temple managed by the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department. The redevelopment initiative is estimated to cost around ₹254 crore and aims to enhance infrastructure and facilities for devotees.