Three Class IX students test positive in Coimbatore district
The Hindu
All three students were asymptomatic and were admitted at Government Medical College and ESI Hospital for observation.
A total of three Class IX students from a government school near Sulur in Coimbatore district tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first confirmed cases among students in the district since the reopening of schools. Health Department officials said on Monday that the three 14-year-old boys were studying in Government High School, Sulthanpet. On Saturday, a medical team from Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) school healthcare initiative collected around 30 swab samples of students from Classes IX and X in the school as part of its random sample collection exercise. Out of these, three turned out to be positive on Sunday, the officials said.More Related News
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