A student of Government Higher Secondary School, Gandharvakottai tested COVID-19 positive on Thursday.
The class 12th student had fever since September 4 and took leave. Official sources in the health department said that he himself visited a testing facility and conducted the RT-PCR test.
Subsequently, the health department had carried out disinfection and sanitisation work in the school premises at Gandharvakottai. The official said the girl’s classmates – about 20 of them, primary contacts including teachers and her family – would be tested.
A student from Kulamangalam in Pudukottai district had tested positive for the virus a few days back.
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