INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vijayawada/Visakhapatnam/Kakinada/Anantapur/Nellore: The Andhra Pradesh state government health officials on Tuesday said that they have
been screening teachers and students over the last few days to ensure a Covid-free school environment
They also said several teachers and students, who tested positive for the disease during this period, have also recovered.Health officials
maintain that they are conducting Covid-19 tests on both the teachers and the students and will continue until they complete all the
authorities conducted Covid-19 tests on nearly 14,000 teachers in the last 15 days
Out of them, only nine teachers were tested positive for the disease
However, as all infected teachers underwent medical treatment and recovered, they were allowed to attend the schools since November 2.All
2,000 students from Classes 9 and 10 tested negative for Covid-19 and have been attending the classes.East Godavari DEO S
If anyone is found with fever and other symptoms of Covid-19, we are seeing them for the Covid-19 test
Apart from ensuring strict compliance with the maintenance of social distance, wearing a facemask and the use of hand sanitisers, we are
a total number of 12,347 teachers underwent Covid-19 tests
However, only 80 were tested positive in the last few days
While 33,557 out of 5,42,364 students underwent Covid-19 tests, only 230 were tested Covid-19 positive.In Guntur, 23,692 students and 7,825
teachers were subjected to Covid test
But only 140 students and 72 teachers were found to have been infected with Coronavirus
Out of 72 infected teachers, 40 have recovered and started attending the schools.In Krishna district, 10 teachers tested Covid-19 positive
in the last few days in the district
In Nellore district, 6,659 students and 5024 teachers underwent Covid-19 test
But only 27 students and 38 teachers tested positive for the disease
In Visakhapatnam district, nine teachers tested Covid-19 positive so far in the district
Gangalakurru village of Ambajipeta mandal in East Godavari, was tested Covid-19 positive on Tuesday
However, as she served food to 17 students in the school on Monday, all the students were sent to quarantine as a precautionary measure.
