Bengaluru: 66 students of SDM College of Medical Sciences were tested positive for covid even after being fully vaccinated against the corona virus. The students were found infected after 300 out of 400 students were made to undergo Covid tests following a college event.
The infected students, who were vaccinated with both the doses of Covid vaccine, have been quarantined, deputy commissioner Dharwad Nitesh Patil said, adding that they will undergo treatment inside the hostel itself.
Nitesh Patil also said “The rest of the 100 students will be subjected to COVID-19 tests. We have quarantined the students. We have sealed two hostels. The students will be provided with treatment and food. No one will be allowed to step out of the hostels. The students who are awaiting tests will also be quarantined in the same premises.”
The two hostels at the college have been sealed as a precautionary measure on the orders of the district health officer and deputy commissioner. Physical classes have been suspended at the moment, officials said.
According to reports, It is suspected that the students got infected after they attended a recent college event.
“We are ascertaining whether the students stepped out of the college. What we suspect at the moment is that an event was organised in the college for students. We have tested all students who attended that event. We have traced the primary and secondary contacts and have subjected them to the test. All the students have been vaccinated with both doses,” the official said.
Some infected students have cough and fever while others do not have any symptoms at present, officials added.
More than 90 per cent eligible beneficiaries in Karnataka have taken at least the first dose of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, the state health department has said, adding that the figure was achieved after more than 857,000 doses were administered on November 24. The state’s vaccination coverage on Wednesday was the third-highest in the country, after Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
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