Despite being fully vaccinated, 11 students from a nursing college in Bengaluru tested positive for COVID-19. A total of nine of them appear to be infected.
At the same time as the Spurthy College outbreak in Marasur, a medical college in Dharwad, Karnataka, declared a COVID-19 cluster after the number of infected students and faculty increased to 182 from 66 the day before.
The only students who tested positive were first-year BSc students. One of them was not vaccinated after testing positive for the virus in June.
According to officials, all primary contacts and remaining students were tested every 15 days, and all students and staff at the medical college were tested.
“Our school has been undergoing continuous Covid testing. Every student and staff member has had seven Covid testing sessions in the last two months. All necessary safety precautions have been taken.” The statement was made by M Kokila, the college’s president.
Clusters have been reported in Karnataka in response to concerns about a new coronavirus variant in South Africa and other “at risk” Indian countries.
According to the Union Health Ministry, a new variant B.1.1.529 has mutations “serious ramifications for public health
Because of the recent relaxation of visa requirements and the resulting increase in international travel, this variant is suspected to have an abnormally high number of mutations, potentially threatening the country’s public health.”
Rajesh Bhushan, the health secretary, sent a letter to the states on Thursday.
Unlike other major Asian countries, India has yet to issue a statement on the matter.
For the first time in nearly two years, India has seen a decrease in new cases of COVID-19 due to increased vaccinations and antibodies among a large portion of its population.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States reached 34.56 million on Friday. It’s been six months since India’s daily caseload was cut in half, and the country reported 10,549 new cases on Friday.
