Class IX student tests Covid positive

SURAT: During rapid test, a class IX student of Nagar Prathmik Shikshan Samiti (NPSS) school tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Health officials of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) also got an RT-PCR test of the student done to ascertain if he is infected with the virus.
The health team also conducted rapid tests on 46 other students in the class but none was infected. The student who tested positive has mild cold and no other symptoms. Family members of the student who is a resident of Godadara area and has no travel history, will also be tested.
“Our health teams are conducting tests on students in different schools in the city. One student with mild symptoms was found positive so far,” said a health official. The student will be quarantined for 15 days at home. After schools have reopened only for class IX to XII, health teams camp at different schools to test the students.