Infection is spread among students in Dakshina Kannada, leaving the authority and management of educational institutions are worried.
Hostel Dental College reported more than five cases among inmates, for example, while some hostels nursing and engineering colleges in Mangaluru also reported outbreaks.
Dr Kishore Kumar M, District Health Officer, told TOI that in recent weeks, 390 students, including 246 from Kerala, tested positive.
Most of the infections reported in the college of nursing, paramedical and engineering.
“Some hostels have been declared a containment zone,” said Dr.
Kumar.
Administration move to the infected students Covid Care Centers (CCC) if the hostel or educational institutions do not have adequate arrangements to isolate them.
Dr Kishore said testing has increased.
“Recently, we conducted tests on all students in hostels College Engineering after a reported seven cases and we found a few more positive.
We will continue to search the main contact.” He said some institutions that reported previous outbreaks have put preventive measures in place.
Yenepoya (considered as a university), for example, constituent college must turn off after a rash of cases.
Dr M Vijayakumar, Vicechancellor, said this institution is now only allows students who generate negative RTPCR certificate.
They also had to spend a week in quarantine and undergo other tests at the end of the isolation period.
No students who have not taken at least one dose of vaccine can attend classes.
Varsity offers the dosage and students can choose between Sputnik and Covishield.
At the end of March, a dozen educational institutions declared a containment zone.
“We do not want this to happen again.
This will affect students and staff,” said the head of the college of nursing.