Tenkasi: Seven students, Two teachers turn Covid positive

As many as two government school teachers and seven students tested Covid-19 positive in Alangulam on Monday.

Published: 21st April 2021 04:33 AM  |   Last Updated: 21st April 2021 04:33 AM   |  A+A A-

A health worker sorts swab samples at a testing centre, as coronavirus cases surge across the national capital, at MCD dispensary, Mehrauli, in New Delhi.

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By Express News Service

TENKASI: As many as two government school teachers and seven students tested Covid-19 positive in Alangulam on Monday. Samples were collected from the teachers and class XII students of Matrandhai Government Higher Secondary School after a teacher, who went to Sivagiri for election duty, tested positive.

Sources said, that the affected students are from Matranthai, Udayampuli, Nalangurichi Pudhur, Karumpuliyuthu and nearby villages. “ Parents of positive students’ classmates fear their kids might get affected if they attend classes or appear in the examinations,” said sources.

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