Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 17 (ANI): Social distancing norms were violated as students and their parents gathered outside a Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) examination centre in Pattom of Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

The government had on Thursday conducted KEAM entrance examination across the State.

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Parents and students crowded outside St.Mary's higher secondary school, Pattom soon after the examination was over in the evening violating all COVID-19 guidelines. The photos and videos of the crowd surfaced on social media.

Thiruvananthapuram city is under lockdown and authorities had ensured security measures in conducting entrance examinations.

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Kerala recorded its highest single-day spike of 722 new active COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with the total cases reaching 10,275 of which 5,372 are active cases. (ANI)

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