Student receives COVID positive result while writing board exam

Bengaluru: A student appearing for the Karnataka Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) board exam at a centre in Arakalgud of Hassan district, about 200 km northwest of Bengaluru, tested positive for COVID-19, an official said yesterday.

“The student took treatment for dengue before the exams began on June 25 and gave his sample for COVID-19 test, which turned positive. The report came while he was writing the maths exam at the Arakalgud centre,” SSLC board director V. Sumangala told IANS.

The board has arranged separate seating at all exam centres for students who tested positive, had cold, cough and other symptoms and those from containment zones.

“The health officials are taking steps to trace the student’s contacts and quarantine them. All exam centres are sanitized and fumigated,” she said.

(IANS inputs)

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