Coimbatore: Two more students have tested positive Covid-19 in the district, taking the total number of students infected 10.
Among new cases is a class IX girl from higher school in Arasur.
A health official said the girl, who tested positive on Thursday, did not show symptoms.
However, he was treated at ESI Hospital for observation.
He was a second girl student to be positively tested for Covid-19 from school.
Previously, a class XI girl had contracted a virus.
A Ministry of Education official said the classroom was disinfected by sanitation workers with the local body.
“Schools will be open as usual on Monday after au holiday.” The remaining new case is a class XII girl from a private matriculation school in Ramanathapuram.
A health official said the girl had no big complications.
“There is no need for parents to panic, because all preventative steps are made to curb the spread of one student to another.
Random testing is being carried out widely to detect infection among students in the early stages of infection.
It isolates infected students help us curb deployment, “The official said.
Private school teachers from Annur have tested the previous positive virus.
Two more positive test students for Covid-19
