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RAICHUR: With two government schoolteachers who had been deputed on poll duty in Raichur district succumbing to Covid-19, panic has gripped members of the fraternity who had been assigned to election duty in the recently concluded Maski bypoll in the district. That 16 more teachers who tested positive have been admitted to hospitals has only heightened their fears.
In all, 56 teachers who were on poll duty have tested positive for the virus. There have been reports of some of the teachers undergoing treatment at private hospitals being fleeced to buy Remdesivir vials in the black market.