Four students in Coimbatore, Tiruppur districts test positive

Two school students each in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts have tested positive for COVID-19.Officials from the Health Department and School Education Department said on Thursday that a girl studyi

Two school students each in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts have tested positive for COVID-19.

Officials from the Health Department and School Education Department said on Thursday that a girl studying Class X at the Government Higher Secondary School, Irugur, and another girl studying Class XI at a government aided school in Somanur tested positive. Both of the students were asymptomatic. Swab samples of their contacts were lifted and physical classes continued after disinfection in the respective schools, the officials said.

In Tiruppur district, two boys studying Class IX and X respectively at the Government High School, Kongalnagaram in Gudimangalam block tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.