Live
- Big B on being honoured with Mangeshkar Award: ‘Abhaar aur mera param saubhagya’
- Fashion Entrepreneur Fund opens up for pre registrations
- ICEA shares blueprint for India to become a global leader in chip value chain
- Meera Deosthale describes marriage as a ‘beautiful union yet huge responsibility’
- 1 in 4 Indians came across political content that turned out to be deepfake: Report
- Summer diet tips for mom-to-be to stay hydrated and healthy
- Rajender Rao Congress candidate for Karimnagar
- How stress can affect you
- Empowering individuals with knowledge about disease
- Promoting entrepreneurship & support to technology startups
Khammam: 28 Gurukulam students test Covid positive
Representational image
Nearly 28 girl students of Telangana State Residential School and College (Gurukul School and College) in Wyra were tested Covid positive.
Khammam: Nearly 28 girl students of Telangana State Residential School and College (Gurukul School and College) in Wyra were tested Covid positive.
School Principal M Lakshmi informed that the students, who were studying eighth class, were suffering with Covid symptoms for the last few days. Teachers noticed it and got the tests done on Saturday. After seeing the test results, doctors said that 13 students, who had fever and other symptoms, were infected with coronavirus.
As the news spread in the district, parents were afraid to send their children to the school.
On Sunday, health officers conducted Covid tests to about 440 students in the school premises. Among them, 15 students were tested positive.
Among these 28 infected students, most of them were from eighth class and the remaining are from ninth and tenth class, the Principal said.
She said that they have informed the parents of infected students, who came and took their wards to home.
The total strength of the school and college is 620.
Meanwhile, Health Minister T Harish Rao, who came to know about this, enquired the health officials. He ordered them to take all measures in the school to avoid spreading of coronavirus to other students. The health officers were also directed to sanitise the entire school immediately. The Minister instructed school staff follow Covid norms.
