4 from MBBS counselling Covid +ve

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.11.2020

Four government school students, who attended medical counselling in Chennai on Wednesday, tested positive for Covid-19, directorate of medical education officials said. The testing was done as a precaution since it was a function attended by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

The selection committee took RT-PCR tests for all 262 candidates who attended counselling for 7.5% of seats reserved for government school students. “All of them are asymptomatic and healthy. They were not among the 18 students who received admit cards from the CM,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu.

“It was an incidental finding. Nevertheless, we have informed the students, their parents and district authorities. While these students will go into isolation, their close contacts will be tested,” he said. The directorate said if others who attended the counselling showed symptoms of the viral infection, they should undergo the test.