187 students, 75 teachers test positive in Kerala
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kozhikode:09.02.2021
A total of 187 students and 75 teachers in two schools in Malappuram district have tested positive for Covid-19. RT-PCR tests were conducted at the Government Higher Secondary School, Maranchery and the Vanneri Higher Secondary School, Perumbadappu on Friday.
By Sunday evening, it was revealed that 148 students and 39 teaching staff at Maranchery school were infected, while the samples of 39 students and 36 teachers at Vanneri school also tested positive. The infected students are mainly from Marancheri, Perumbadappu, Veliyamkode in Malappuram district and Vadakkekkad in Thrissur.
Samples were collected from tenth standard students of Maranchery school earlier, while samples of plus-two students were collected on Monday. The health department has asked all those who came in contact with the infected persons to go on isolation. District medical officer (DMO) Dr K Sakeena has asked all schools in the district to maintain vigil.
A tenth standard student of the Maranchery school had tested Covid-19 positive on February 1. It was decided to conduct large-scale tests on suspicion of a spread. “Around 582 students and 50 staff at the Maranchery school were tested,” she said. Tests were conducted at the Vanneri school after a teacher tested positive, Dr Sakeena said.
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