<p>Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday that disciplinary action will be initiated against a nursing college in Kolar district where a Covid-19 outbreak has been reported.</p>.<p>“32 students are infected with Covid at a college in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF). All of them are Kerala returnees. I will visit the college and take action against the college management. Covid has been brought under control to 700-800 cases per day from as high as 50,000 cases per day. Government has worked hard to mitigate the pandemic,” the minister said.</p>.<p>He said guidelines for Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chamarajanagar are yet to be discussed.</p>.<p>“I will discuss this with the chief minister. People entering border districts need to be under surveillance to check the spread of the infection,” he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/65-nursing-college-students-from-kerala-test-covid-19-positive-in-kolar-1025584.html" target="_blank">65 nursing college students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in Kolar</a></strong></p>.<p>A large number of people travel to the border districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi from Kerala every day for education, to avail medical treatment, to earn a livelihood and for various other activities.</p>.<p>“We will also release guidelines for mandatory institutional quarantine of travellers coming by trains and flights,” the minister said.</p>.<p>The government has the dual responsibility of protecting children and also securing their future.</p>.<p>“Schools must follow Covid guidelines. If positivity increases above 2%, the school in question will be shut and the management will be subjected to disciplinary action,” warned the minister. </p>
<p>Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday that disciplinary action will be initiated against a nursing college in Kolar district where a Covid-19 outbreak has been reported.</p>.<p>“32 students are infected with Covid at a college in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF). All of them are Kerala returnees. I will visit the college and take action against the college management. Covid has been brought under control to 700-800 cases per day from as high as 50,000 cases per day. Government has worked hard to mitigate the pandemic,” the minister said.</p>.<p>He said guidelines for Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chamarajanagar are yet to be discussed.</p>.<p>“I will discuss this with the chief minister. People entering border districts need to be under surveillance to check the spread of the infection,” he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/65-nursing-college-students-from-kerala-test-covid-19-positive-in-kolar-1025584.html" target="_blank">65 nursing college students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in Kolar</a></strong></p>.<p>A large number of people travel to the border districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi from Kerala every day for education, to avail medical treatment, to earn a livelihood and for various other activities.</p>.<p>“We will also release guidelines for mandatory institutional quarantine of travellers coming by trains and flights,” the minister said.</p>.<p>The government has the dual responsibility of protecting children and also securing their future.</p>.<p>“Schools must follow Covid guidelines. If positivity increases above 2%, the school in question will be shut and the management will be subjected to disciplinary action,” warned the minister. </p>
