As cases of Coronavirus are escalating in the country, a student at Blantyre Secondary School has tested positive for the virus.
A teacher who opted not to be named has said that the student has since been released to her home.
Efforts to test over 500 students at the school including teachers have proven futile due to inadequate test kits.
However, health authorities have resolved to test students who share the same class and hostel as well as her contacts.
The school will also be fumigated today, as the institution’s management also meets to map the way forward.
The students have since been asked to keep following Covid-19 preventive measures.
BSS becomes the latest school to be hit by the pandemic after Central High Mount View, St Andrews as well as Polytechnic, Chancellor College and Mzuzu University.
