66 fully vaccinated Dharwad medicos test +ve for Covid
Basavaraj.Kattimani@timesgroup.com
Hubballi:26.11.2021
Dharwad district which was reporting daily fresh Covid cases in lower single digits for three months saw a frightening surge in infections on Thursday with 66 fully vaccinated students of a medical college testing positive for coronavirus in the past 48 hours.
The infected students of SDM College of Medical Sciences, Sattur, Dharwad, have been isolated and quarantined in the college hostel. The two hostels on the campus where they were staying have been barricaded. Offline classes have been suspended till further notice.
Sources said this is a first major Covid cluster outbreak after colleges and schools were reopened n Karnataka for in-class learning a couple of months ago.
Principal Dr Ratnamala Desai told TOI that two students developed fever and were admitted to hospital after attending a college event on November17. On Monday, they tested positive for Covid. “Immediately, we tested nearly 300 students who participated in the event and 64 of them tested positive on Wednesday, taking the total to 66.”
Most of the infected students are from the third year.
(Additional inputs by Gururaj Jamkhandi)
Full report on www.toi.in
ADB approves $1.5 billion loan to India for purchase of Covid-19 vaccines
New Delhi:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion loan to help India purchase safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is expected to cofinance an additional $500 million for the project, the ADB said. The loans will fund at least 667 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for an estimated 317 million people. It will support India’s National Deployment and Vaccination Plan which aims to fully vaccinate 944.7 million people aged 18 years old and above, accounting for 68.9% of the population. Priority groups include healthcare and frontline workers, senior citizens, and those aged 45–59 years with comorbidities. TNN
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