At least 100 nursing students in Karnataka’s Hassan district tested COVID-19 positive. The students had to undergo the coronavirus test after 21 nursing students from Kerala, who had come to Hassan for an exam on Thursday, were found positive.

The officials said 100 nursing students from Hassan’s two colleges are asymptomatic and are currently at the private COVID care center in the district. Out of 48 students from Kerala who had come to Hassan, 21 tested positive while coronavirus tests were conducted on more than 900 students across nine nursing colleges in the district. Dr. Vijay, Health Taluk Officer, Hassan said that the nursing students had come to Hassan to appear for the supplementary exam, which was held on July 26, in their college. All the 27 primary contacts of these 21 students who tested positive have been quarantined. The Karnataka government had made a negative RT-PCR report mandatory for people entering the state from neighboring Kerala and Maharashtra in view of the current COVID-19 situation.

Now, the negative RT-PCR report has also been made mandatory for students and those visiting Karnataka daily for education, business, and other reasons. The visitors are required to undergo an RT-PCR test once in 15 days and provide a negative report. 

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