A private tuition centre in Kerala was sealed by the authorities on Monday as 91 students of a government school at Marancherryin Ponnani had recently tested positive.
There was an unprecedented infection spike among students and teachers in two schools at nearby Ponnani and has been found that the spread has come from a private tuition centre, where students used to go for coaching classes.
Apart from the Marancherry and Vanneri schools, a few more schools in the vicinity have been closed for the time-being to arrest the spread.
As many as 148 students and 37 teachers of the Maranchery school and 42 students and 42 teachers of the Vanneri HSS have tested positive till now.
