TPR in students far below State average
The Hindu
Technical Advisory Committee favours continuation of physical classes
The State’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is in favour of continuing physical classes with strict COVID-19 appropriate behaviour (CAB) for schoolchildren in the 6-18 years group. This is based on the low test positivity rate (TPR) of 0.05% in this group, which is far less compared to the State’s seven-day average TPR of 0.31%.
TAC members, who deliberated on surveillance of schoolchildren for COVID-19 at the committee’s 139th meeting held on Monday, examined the data on RT-PCR testing of schoolchildren in the 6-18 years group from December 1 to 10. Of the 4.28 lakh children screened, 29,675 samples were collected for COVID tests. Of these only 15 tested positive, which accounts for 0.05%. “The low TPR (0.05%) in schoolchildren favours continuation of physical classes with strict CAB,” stated the TAC report.
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