Outstation Students of Mount Carmel College notified to come 21 days in advance to undergo compulsory institutional quarantine before commencement of examination on 1st July 2020 by college authorities in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
With Covid19 wreaking havoc across most sectors in the country, many parents and students worried that institutional quarantine would take a financial and mental toll on them. Students rely on residential accommodation on campus as well as Pgs near their college. They live on a shared based accommodation, where social distancing is not viable.
T.N. Prathapan, Member of Parliament has written to Dr. SR. Aparna, principal of the college, requesting to revisit the college’s decision on the date of conducting examination and institutional quarantine. He said, “The instruction to outstation students to institutional quarantine themselves after reaching Bengaluru at their own risk and expense is impractical. Even after lifting or easing restriction around lockdown in the country, interstate travel has a potentially high risk of transmission of the virus.”
An updated interstate traveler quarantine mandate released by Karnataka state government asks for a 7 day institutional quarantine for people from high-risk States, and 14-day home quarantine for those from low-risk States.
With over 6,500 new cases, the Covid tally in India rose to 1,25,101 on Saturday morning, with as many as 3,720 fatalities. The high risk states are: Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.
