Covid-19: 47 schoolmates of confirmed case from St Anthony's Canossian Secondary test negative

The school has been disinfected.

Siti Hawa | June 14, 2020, 03:33 PM

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on June 13 that a 15-year-old student from St Anthony's Canossian Secondary was among the 347 newly confirmed cases.

The student is Case 39,893 and was tested as part of MOH's proactive testing of school students above the age of 12 diagnosed with acute respiratory infection (ARI) at first presentation to a doctor.

Her serological test result has come back positive, which is indicative of a past infection.

The epidemiological evidence suggests that she was likely to have been infected during the Circuit Breaker period, and not after school re-opening.

School disinfected & students quarantined

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has issued a statement confirming that Case 39,893 is a Secondary 4 student from St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School.

Her form teacher spotted that she was unwell during the daily visual and temperature screening exercise on June 10.

The student was then immediately isolated and sent home before later testing positive for Covid-19.

The 47 students and 12 staff who had been in close contact with the affected student have been put on Leave of Absence by MOE or Home Quarantine Order by MOH. They are currently well.

All 47 students have been tested for COVID-19, and all tests have come back negative.

The school premises have been cleaned and disinfected, and in-school lessons for Secondary 1, 2, 4 and 5 students will go on as usual tomorrow, based on weekly rotation schedule that was previously announced.

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