16 trainee cops test positive for Covid-19

Coimbatore: As many as 16 women trainees of the police recruitment school (PRS), who tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, were admitted to the care centre at Codissia.
As many as 183 women trainees recruited to the post of grade-II police constables had joined for training on June 1. They were staying in the 12 barracks on the PRS premises.
“They never left the campus and had no visitors.However, a trainee developed flu symptoms on August 3 and was taking treatment at the police hospital. she was advised to give swab sample at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital. The result announced on August 5 showed that she was Covid-19 positive. Her primary contacts were traced and swab samples were taken form 36 trainees. Sixteen of them have been tested positive,” said a police officer.
The health department collected samples from 90 more women trainees. The result is likely to be announced today. PRS has stopped training until further orders. “We have advised all trainees to self-quarantine quarantine,” the officer said.
City corporation workers fumigated the PRS campus and barracks on Sunday.
Meanwhile, three cops, including a sub-inspector attached to the Podanur government railway police (GRP) station tested positive for the pandemic on Sunday. They were shifted to the Covid care centre at Codissia.