Five students test positive for COVID-19 after 600 parents flout social distancing norms in Kerala

The Kerala Police has booked as many as 600 parents for flouting social distancing norms. These are parents of the students who had appeared for the Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) Entrance exam. The pictures and videos of the incident has gone viral on social media. . The case was registered under relevant sections of the Kerala Epidemic Diseases Ordinance 2020, ANI reported. Senior BJP leader Sobha Surendran shared the pictures of parents crowding outside St Mary's Higher Secondary School in Pattom. 

Meanwhile, at least five of the more than 88,000 students, who took up the KEAM examination held recently across the state, have tested positive for COVID-19, PTI reported on Wednesday. While three students were found to be infected by the virus on July 21, two others tested positive on Wednesday, district officials said. The state government has been facing criticism from the Opposition parties for holding the exam despite the rise in COVID-19 cases.