Mysuru: After three Morarji Desai housing school students in Hanur Taluk, Chamarajanagar, was tested positive for Covid-19, the Personnel of the Ministry of Health in the border district had increased testing at housing school hostels.
Interested in detecting infections when still in the early stages, when it is much easier to treat patients received by students only after they complete the certificate that confirms they are not infected with Covid-19.
In the past week, apart from the trio of the Housing School of Moraji Desai, two of Adarsha housing models of government models in Yelandur were tested positive for Coronavirus novels.
Students show symptoms of fever, cold, cough before they experience tests for Covid-19.
Because schools reopened for sixth grade to ten only three weeks ago, the district administration was worried.
All 398 students at Adarsha school were tested as part of a random drive, and two of them were tested positive for the Coronavirus novel.
“The instructions have been issued to all medical health workers in Chamarajanagar to drive similar random testing in all schools in Hanur, Kollegal, Chamarajanagran, Gundlupet and Jelandur.
The department has tested students in 16 housing schools,” Chamarajanagar District Health Officer, Dr.
Km Wiswesharaiah Tii.
Deputy Director of Public Instruction Chamarajanagar, Manjunath said, “I have examined the two housing schools where students are tested positively.
Those who go to housing schools in the district have been suggested to direct students who display Covid-19 symptoms to undergo a mandatory test.
But we have heard Complaints of students who are reluctant to submit to the test.
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