VISAKHAPATNAM: Five students of KJ Puram zilla parishad high school tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, following which the school management has closed the school for five days.
All five students are girls aged below 15 years. Three girls from the class 8 and two from the class 9 tested positive out of random testing of 30 students. School headmaster PV Ratnam informed the authorities about the test reports.
Schools in the state were reopen on August 16.