Covid-19 cases: Yenepoya University closes its constituent colleges

The Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be-University) has decided to close its constituent colleges with immediate effect till further orders after more than 20 Covid-19 positive cases reported on the campuses in the last few days.

According to the circular from the university, "A total of nine institutions of the Yenepoya Deemed-to-be-University will remain closed. The interns, postgraduate students and the nursing staff will continue to attend their duties. The medical college hospital will function as usual. Teaching and non-teaching staff will attend the work as usual. Online classes will be conducted for all students. The controller of examinations will issue a separate note regarding the conduct of examinations," the circular stated.

Health officials said that the colleges have been directed to collect swab samples of primary contacts of the infected students.

Deputy Commissioner Dr K V Rajendra said the surveillance would be stepped up in the border areas following a surge in cases in Kasaragod district. "The RT-PCR negative certificate is mandatory for all those entering the district from Kerala. Meanwhile, additional checkpoints will be opened at border entry points. The students arriving from Kerala should undergo testing once in 15 days mandatorily."

"People should seek medical assistance if they suffer from fever, cold, cough, throat ache and breathlessness," said the DC during a video conference with officials.

Meanwhile, the Dakshina Kannada district continued to see a surge in Covid-19 cases. The district reported 65 fresh cases on Monday taking its case tally to 34,813.