Six students with Covid-19 appear for CET in Ballari

BALLARI: Six students who tested positive for Covid-19 appeared for the Common Entrance Test in Ballari on Thursday.
Separate seating arrangements were made for these students at the Covid Care Centre set up at Government Dental College, Ballari, and the use of PPE kits, masks and sanitisers were made mandatory.
Dr Prashanth R, nodal officer, Covid Care Centre, Government Dental College, Ballari told TOI that all six students’ results turned positive just a few days before the CET.They all had lost hopes that they would write their CET, but we made arrangements to write the exam in the Covid Care Centre.
The students hailing from Ballari, Huvinhadagali and Shiraguppa, were brought to the CCC three hours prior to the exam by taluk health officers in ambulances. They were subjected to a health screening when they arrived at CCC.
The students, who have been asymptomatic, were in home quarantine for the past 3-4 days. They will stay at CCC till Friday and will be ferried back to their homes after their CET, he added.
Expressing gratitude for giving them the opportunity, the students said they had lost almost all hopes of appearing for CET this year after they tested positive for Covid-19. “We thank the district administration for going the extra mile to ensure we appear for the exam without any worries,” they added.
Deputy commissioner S S Nakul said, “We have made all arrangements as per the protocol to ensure these students write their exam confidently without any worries.”
In Dharwad, of the five students who tested positive for Covid-19, four appeared for CET.