11 Kodagu schoolchildren test positive
The Hindu
All belong to same class; 192 children have so far tested negative
Eleven students of a school in Madikeri have tested positive to COVID-19 on Friday. All the students are from Class 8 of Kodagu Vidyalaya.
Confirming this to The Hindu, Kodagu DHO Venkatesh said a student tested positive on November 27 and another student of the same class got infected on November 30. “On knowing this, we went to the school and collected details. As a precaution, samples of 51 students of Class 8 (A and B sections) were sent for the RT-PCR test and nine have tested positive,” he said.
Dr Venkatesh said the Deputy Commissioner was informed and he spoke to the school management on the matter. A decision was taken to test the children from class 6 to 10. Accordingly, the samples were collected and sent for the test. Out of 289 samples, 192 samples have tested negative and the reports of remaining samples are awaited, he informed.