34 school students test positive for COVID-19 in Chennai
The Hindu
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A total of 34 school students who were undergoing a residential training programme at the Greater Chennai Corporation-run Model School at Saidapet have tested positive for COVID-19.
All of them remained mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic, officials said.
While one girl, who was anaemic, was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, another girl was taken to a private hospital by her parents. The remaining 32 have been admitted to the COVID-19 care centre at Injambakkam, said a senior official of the Corporation.
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