Karnatka: Student appearing for SSLC exam tests positive
Ballari, June 28 (HS)
A student who appeared for the first SSLC examination from Kappagallu village in Kurugodu taluk in Ballari district has tested positive for Covid-19. The student appeared for the exam and wrote his paper successfully on Thursday. While returning to home on two-wheeler, he and his friend were reportedly said to be injured in an accident, at the outskirts of Sanganakallu village.
Both the students were admitted to the VIMS hospital, where doctors collected their swab and one student turned out to be Covid-19 positive. Family members of the infected student were shifted to quarantine centre and has been advised to get tested.
The village panchayat PDO Zubeda Begum, village Accountant Nagaraj, ASHA workers, and Health Department visited the area and declared it as containment zone. DDPI C. Ramappa said that the examination centre has been fumigated and sanitized.
