Three educational institutions issued notice, assure of complying with norms

Responding to notice served by Dakshina Kannada district administration, three educational institutions in the district have said that they will henceforth strictly comply with the standard operating

Responding to notice served by Dakshina Kannada district administration, three educational institutions in the district have said that they will henceforth strictly comply with the standard operating procedures laid down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Notice had been issued to Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences and M.V. Shetty Group of Colleges in Mangaluru taluk and K.V.G. Group of Institutions in Sullia taluk after an inspection by health officials when students, who are in quarantine after their return from Kerala and Maharashtra, were tested positive for COVID-19. Of the 620 students who tested positive in the last 30 days, a majority of them are from these three institutions. District Health and Family Welfare Officer Kishor Kumar told The Hindu that these institutions were, among others, not properly quarantining outstation students but allowing them to mix up with other students in canteen and other places. “Therefore, we issued notice and the institutions have written back that they will strictly comply with the norms.”