India’s southern Karnataka state imposes weekend curfew

The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to impose weekend curfew and extend the night curfew for two weeks in the state in view of the alarming rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. The government also decided to shut schools and pre-university colleges except for 10th and 12th standard students for two weeks. It announced…Continue Reading

Panic in southern Indian state of Karnataka as 32 students test positive for COVID-19 at residential school

Panic gripped the south Indian state of Karnataka after 32 students in a residential school tested positive for the coronavirus, The10 girls and 22 boys are in grades 9 to 12 of Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya in Kodagu district. Ten out of the 32 students are symptomatic. A member of the school’s staff has also tested positive and is…Continue Reading