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57 newly-recruited women constables test positive for COVID-19 in Villupuram

July 05, 2020 12:40 pm | Updated 12:40 pm IST - VILLUPURAM

They were undergoing training at Mailam

As many as 57 newly-recruited women constables in Villupuram district have tested positive for COVID-19.

Official sources said all of them were Grade II constables from various parts of the district.

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They were being trained along with 269 others at the Police Training School (PTC) at Mailam near here.

A police officer said that the samples were lifted after three others from the PTC tested positive two days ago. The test results returned positive for 57 women on Saturday evening.

The PTC was closed and the women were shifted to the Villupuram Government Medical College and Hospital (VGMCH) at Mundiyambakkam and were under quarantine.

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