45 students test Covid positive at Coimbatore private nursing college

COIMBATORE: With 16 more students from a private nursing college in Coimbatore testing positive for Covid -19 on Wednesday, the total number of students tested positive in the college has gone up to 45.
The Coimbatore city corporation imposed a fine of 10,000 on the college for not following Covid norms. All the students in the college are quarantined and kept under observation.
According to public health workers, four students from Kerala returned to K G College of Nursing in Saravanampatti, Coimbatore after colleges reopened in the beginning of this month.
The hostel students were possessing Covid -19 negative certificates while entering Coimbatore. But they developed symptoms within two days of staying in the hostel.
All the four were tested positive for Covid-19 on September 07, another 25 students were tested positive in the next few days. Another 16 students were tested positive on Wednesday.
According to deputy director of health services P Aruna, the college failed to quarantine the students who came from Kerala as soon as they came to the hostel. This has led to the formation of clusters. All the students are being quarantined in the Covid care centre being operated in the college.