Screening, testing resumes at Talapady

The police and Health Department personnel will work in three shifts to screen people round the clock.

Melwyn D’Souza of Manjeshwar in Kerala, a final year nursing student from a college here, while returning home, got off the bus at Talapady on Monday evening. He and his classmate, also from Manjeshwar, have been asked by the college to produce COVID-19 negative certificate on Wednesday.

“We cannot afford to pay ₹800 and get RT-PCR test done. As the testing is done free here and as it is also convenient, we both underwent the test,” Melwyn D’Souza said. The Health Department personnel told them that the test report will be available by Tuesday evening.

Melwyn D’Souza was among the many students and other regular commuters between Kasaragod in Kerala and Mangaluru who underwent RT-PCR test at the testing centre that resumed round-the-clock functioning at Talapady on Monday after orders came from the State Government. On the first day, more than 200 people were tested.