Boarder Districts in Karnataka become corona hot spot: 72 students test positive for covid-19

Boarder district Mysuru has been sounded a high alert after 72 students from Kerala, undergoing nursing courses in the city, tested positive for Covid, health department officials said on Wednesday.

Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham has ordered that 5,000 Covid tests be conducted in Mysuru to detect the cases early and prevent spreading of the virus. As many as 43 students of Kaveri Nursing hostel and 29 students of Saint Joseph College tested positive creating panic among people and health authorities.

According to the officials, the district administration has implemented strict measures at the entry points to Mysuru from Kerala. RT-PCR test negative results have been made compulsory for travellers. Mysuru had suffered heavily during both the waves of Covid and recorded the second highest number of cases in the state for a long time.

It is to be noted that several new clusters of coronaviruses have emerged in Karnataka in the recent past, forcing the government to take strict measures to curb the spread of Delta variant too.  “The state government has issued the guidelines for setting up clusters where a spurt in the cases had been reported.

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Those in the clusters are being tested again 7 days after they get a positive report of the first test. About 4000 persons have been tested at SDM college in Dharwad. Similar tests are on at clusters in Mysuru, Hassan and Anekal in Bengaluru CM Bommai said to reporters. Meanwhile, with new clusters emerging in the state, the government has tightened curbs against the Delta variant too.

The chief minister asserted that the government has to manage things at two levels to control the further spread of the pandemic. Karnataka health Minister DR K Sudhakar met TAC members Tuesday and hold marathon meeting with officials. The Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has proposed that the state mandate full vaccination for people to take advantage of various benefits, including rations, water and electricity, from the government.

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