Mangaluru, Dec 6 (IANS): A private nursing college in the city has been sealed down and declared a containment zone after nine students tested positive for Covid on Monday December 6.
Mangaluru City Corporation commissioner Akshy Sridhar said that as many as 173 students were attached to the college in Kavoor following the incident. All students returning from Kerala were also tested.
Initially three students tested positive and later four more. On Monday, two more tested positive. All of the infected students have been isolated and their primary contacts are also been tracked and quarantined. The infected students will be retested for Covid-19.

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The swab samples of students have also been sent for genomic testing.