What If My Child Alone Tests Negative? Parents Look For Official Answers
The New Indian Express Chennai|July 12, 2020
Parents in the city now have one more worry apart from Covid. What would happen to their children if the rest of the family tests positive, and is whisked away to hospitals or care centres?
Nirupama Viswanathan  
What If My Child Alone Tests Negative? Parents Look For Official Answers

“Recently, a family was taken away to a hospital when they had a 10-year-old at home. The child was then sent to its grandmother who was the only one in the family who tested negative,” said Ramiah Ariya, a resident of Thiruvanmiyur.

“But what if she also had been positive and the child had been younger than 10? In my case, I have a 3-year-old daughter,” he added.

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