14 including teachers, cooks test Covid positive in Mancherial school

Zilla Parishad Secondary School (Girls) headmistress Ajmeera Sharada told ‘Telangana Today’ that 11 teachers, two cooks and a student studying Class X, were found to have contracted the infection

Mancherial: As many as 11 teachers, two cooks and a student from a government school tested positive for Covid-19 in Mancherial town on Monday.

Zilla Parishad Secondary School (Girls) headmistress Ajmeera Sharada told Telangana Today that 11 teachers, two cooks and a student studying Class X, were found to have contracted the infection during a medical investigation camp held in the school. She added that the camp was organised as a preventive measure to check the spread of the virus.

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The headmistress stated that a teacher had tested positive for Covid-19 three days back. Subsequently, she requested the medical and health department to hold a camp. About 400 students of the total strength 850 were voluntarily attending physical classes in the school.
The teachers, cooks and the student were asked to follow home quarantine and to practice physical distance for two weeks.

Dr Neeraja, district medical and health officials said that the district had around 200 active cases of Covid-19 so far. Over 1,500 tests were being done every day. The infected were undergoing home quarantine, she stated. She requested the public to practice physical distance for curtailing the spread of the deadly virus.

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