‘Don’t lower guard’, say Karnataka Health officials after 49 nursing students test positive for COVID-19
Health officials in Karnataka have appealed to people not to lower guard after 49 students tested positive.
FollowBengaluru: Forty-nine nursing students from Kerala studying in a nursing college near the coastal city of Mangaluru tested positive for Covid-19, prompting authorities to seal their college as a precautionary measure.
The college campus has been turned into a containment zone till February 19.
Health officials in Karnataka have appealed to people not to lower guard after 49 students tested positive.
"The news of 49 students testing positive in a nursing college in Ullal near Mangaluru is a grim reminder of how unpredictable the Covid virus is! Covid is still a threat, please continue to take necessary precautions", Health and Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K tweeted on Thursday.
The Aaliyah Institute of Nursing in Dakshina Kannada district was sealed by authorities on Wednesday.
Out of 104 samples of staff and students tested, 49 BSc nursing students from Kerala, including 11 boys have been tested positive.
Officials reported that six students from the college reported symptoms of influenza like illness (ILI) before they were subjected to a COVID-19 test. After the six students tested positive for coronavirus, all students and staff members in the college were subjected to tests, and 43 more cases emerged.
Karnataka recorded 474 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the state tally to 9,41,070. The state recorded two deaths in Bengaluru Urban on Thursday, putting the state toll at 12,227.
Kerala is still witnessing a high number of coronavirus cases, with a sharp rise in cases each day.
