COVID-19: Third school in Hubballi sealed after eight students test positive

Amid apprehensions about educational institutions becoming hotspots of COVID-19 pandemic, another school in Hubballi has been sealed after eight students tested positive for the infection

Amid apprehensions about educational institutions becoming hotspots of COVID-19 pandemic and warning from experts, another school in Hubballi has been sealed after eight students tested positive for the infection.

Eight students of St Antony’s Public School located at Siddeshwar Park in Hubballi have been tested positive and this is the third school to be sealed in Hubbali. The other two schools are Railway School and Chetan Public School.

The district administration in coordination with the health officials and the school authorities conducted RT-PCR testing at the school and all the teaching, non-teaching staff, and students were screened for the infection. As eight students tested positive, the classes were suspended and the school had been sealed, authorities confirmed.