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MANGALURU: Two more students from a nursing college in Ullal, Mangaluru have tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the total cases reported in the institute to 51. The district health department has declared the college campus a containment zone till February 19.
Dr Ramachandra Bairy, district health officer, told TOI that the department has al-ready issued a show-cause notice to the college. “We are awaiting their reply. We are considering filing a criminal case against the college management and will decide based on their reply,” Dr Bairy said.
Of the total 104 staff and students, 49 BSc nursing students from Kerala, including 11 boys, had tested positive on Wednesday. Test results on four samples were declared only on Thursday and two were found infected.
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MANGALURU: In one of the largest cluster outbreak in the city after the decline of cases since a month, forty-nine students of a nursing college in Ullal have tested positive to Covid-19. The college campus has been turned into containment zone till February 19.
Out of 104 samples of staff and students tested, 49 BSc nursing students from Kerala, including 11 boys have been tested positive.
Dr Ashok H, nodal officer for Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada told TOI that six male students tested Covid positive on January 29. We soon rushed to the institute and realised that on the same day, students from Kerala, going to Bengaluru for an exam, had travelled to the college in a bus, had bath, breakfast and stayed there for less than two hours. We got the whole area sanitized. RT-PCR tests were conducted on all the 104 staff and students, including cooks and cleaners. Four test reports are pending. The boys who were staying in the hostel that was slightly away from
ZP members asked to address drinking water issues in their constituencies
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Affirming the commitment of the State government in providing safe drinking water to people in the State, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa on Sunday asked zilla panchayat members to address drinking water issues in their respective constituencies.
Inaugurating the ₹ 62-crore multi-village drinking water supply projects of Narikombu and Sarapady villages in Bantwal taluk, Mr. Eshwarappa said that every citizen in this county should get drinking water round the clock. The multi-village drinking water supply projects taken up in Narikombu and Sarapady villages were among the drinking water schemes of the State government to realise the task of providing drinking water to all citizens. Water from lakes, rivers and vented dams is being tapped to ensure supply 24 x 7, he said.
Volunteers discouraging people from dumping garbage on highway flanks
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Thousands coming from the South routinely dump garbage near the Netravathi Bridge before entering the city
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Volunteers holding a placard campaign between Kallapu and Netravathi Bridge in Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY
Thousands coming from the South routinely dump garbage near the Netravathi Bridge before entering the city
When newcomers to Mangaluru area travel from Thokkottu towards the city on NH 66, they may be surprised to watch people standing or sitting and holding placards urging people not to dump garbage, not to pollute river etc., just as they approach the Netravathi Bridge.