Latest News | Covid Spike: Five Schools, College Closed in Mangaluru
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. The education department has ordered temporary suspension of classes in five schools and a college in the city due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the campuses.
Mangaluru, Jan 19 (PTI) The education department has ordered temporary suspension of classes in five schools and a college in the city due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the campuses.
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A department communique here said the classes in the six institutions will be suspended for a week due to increase in Covid-19 cases.
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The institutions include Vivekananda PU college, Yedapadavu; government high school, Bengre Kasaba; Canara CBSE school, Dongrakere; Ansar English medium high school, Bajpe and Vyasa Maharshi English medium high school, Mulki.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner K V Rajendra in a statement said if more than five individuals are found infected in a campus, such schools and colleges will be temporarily closed.
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