Students from Kerala test positive as 3 Covid clusters identified in Bengaluru including a college

February 28, 2021

Bengaluru: Another Covid cluster was identified by the officials of the BBMP in the Yelahanka zone in Bengaluru. Nine students of Agragami College have tested positive for Covid.
According to a civic body health official Dr Bhagyalakshmi, the students hail from Kerala. In February, the officials had recognised two clusters in Yelahanka’s Sambharam College and Purva Venezia Apartment. According to the official, around 30 cases have been recorded from three clusters.
Dr Bhagyalakshmi told The News Minute, “We tested 158 students of Agragami College and so far, nine students have tested positive. We have sealed college. We have contacted their primary and secondary contacts to see whether they have been infected or not.”
On February 22, the first case was recorded from Sambharam College. The students had come from Kerala and were not tested at the borders. The college then carried out screening, after which around 20 students were found to be positive yesterday.
Eight out of 51 students staying in Inspire Livesuit PG were found to have contracted Covid. All eight students have been admitted to K.C. General Hospital, said BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad.

The official said, “We are testing the engineering college students who come to the same campus to appear for their exams. We have shut everything down and contained the area. Those who exhibited mild symptoms were admitted to Yelahanka General Hospital.”
The man and his family who stay in another tower tested positive too, so the officials sealed the two floors in the towers.
“The man and his parents have gotten admitted to the hospital since they have comorbidities and the other relatives have been isolated at home. We are checking on them and have instructed the shopkeepers to provide them with groceries,” said another health official.