One hundred students at John Tamach Secondary School in Matabeleland North have tested positive for coronavirus prompting authorities to put a satellite clinic within the school for further testing. The acting provincial medical director for Matabeleland North, Dr Munekayi Padingani, said tests were still ongoing adding that the numbers could rise. The school has an enrolment of 670 pupils. e said: Health officials said 73 of the affected pupils were asymptomatic, while 27 had mild symptoms. Two teachers have also tested positive. The outbreak forced the school into lockdown last week after six pupils were found to have higher than normal temperature before five subsequently tested positive for the virus. The school has an enrolment of 670 pupils. When schools reopened on 28 September after they were prematurely closed in March following the outbreak of the coronavirus, stakeholders, mainly teachers, opposed the move saying schools were not ready. More: ZimLive
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