Coimbatore: Three students and three teachers have tested positive Covid-19 so far since the reopening of schools on September 1 in the state.
However, there are no main contacts that have been positively tested so far.
Covid-19 test results from 10th grade students from Namakkal, who attended the class on the first day on Wednesday, became positive on Thursday.
He is one of the few students whose swab samples are collected as part of the supervision sample by health staff on the day that opened back at school.
“All students and teachers are strange 300 undergoing tests to check the spread of the virus.
Although none of them found to have been contracted by a virus, alternative arrangements made for students to continue the class from Friday,” Head of Namakkal District Education, a Balumuthu said and saved Under house isolation.
“Initially, we took a swab sample of four family members and 34 classmates but they tested negatively,” he identified one of the two students who tested positive as class XII students, at the High School Annai Lourd in Varadarajanpettai near Andimadam, a person Hosteller.
As he developed symptoms of lightweight respiratory infection (URI), he gave a swab for the RT-PCR test in Jayankondam GH on September 1.
When the results became positive, he was moved to GH Jayankondam for further treatment.
However, he had attended classes in September.
He then underwent a RT-PCR test even because there were no other symptoms displayed.
The girl did not attend the class in September.
Class IX Student was treated at Medical College Hospital Medical Arisyur.
The district health department has collected more than 60 samples from primary and secondary contacts from two girls including family members, classmates and teachers.
“We will monitor all teachers and students in schools.
A special focus will be in a commorbid person.
The teacher is told to monitor the symptoms displayed by their students for fast intervention,” Dr.
R Geetharani, deputy director, health services, said Ariyalur.
The hostel and school management were told to ensure further screening process, he said the teachers along with other people gave a swab sample before the school reopened on September 1.
The results of their tests, which was announced on Friday, returned after positive school management asked students who come into contact with the teacher to isolate themselves a trained postgraduate teacher posted in Venugopalapuram Girls Girls Higher Secondary School in the Cuddalore district tested positive Covid-19 infection on Thursday.
Health officials said the teacher, who began to attend September 1, rested in the staff room on Thursday.
He complained about nausea and vomiting.
He was isolated immediately.
He and his daughter had given a swab sample a day before the school was reopened.
The test results, which were announced on Friday, returned positive.
Health workers stated that the teacher handled class VIII to VIII and did not interact with students from school opened again.
(With input from Bosco in Trichy)
3 students, 3 positive teacher tests for covid
