The state government has said it is planning to shut down colleges in the wake of the recent spike in COVID cases and its variant omicron. Higher Education Minister R Bindu said that a decision will be taken during a COVID-19 review meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow.
A private college in Thiruvananthapuram has been identified as an Omicron cluster after six students tested positive for the same. The cases were confirmed after tests were conducted for all those students who had returned after a tour. The caseload of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 went up by 63 in the State, taking the total to 591, Health Minister Veena George.
Among the fresh cases, Thrissur registered the higher number with 15 cases. Omicron cases were also registered in Thiruvananthapuram 14, Kollam 10, Ernakulam 8, Malappuram 4, Idukki 3, Palakkad 2, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Kozhikode 1 each. Four of those infected had come from Tamil Nadu in recent times.
A majority of the cases were detected in samples from international travelers who reached the State from low-risk countries — 401, while 101 others tested positive for the variant after coming from high-risk nations. While 70 cases have been attributed to contact transmission, 19 have been detected in people who came from other States.
While 36 people came from low-risk countries, nine others had reached Kerala from high-risk countries. Thiruvananthapuram witnessed seven contact cases.
Meanwhile, the state government has said it is planning to shut down colleges in the wake of recent spike in COVID cases and its variant omicron. Higher Education Minister R Bindu said that a decision will be taken during a COVID-19 review meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow. Kerala's daily tally of coronavirus cases has been increasing steadily with an increase of more than 100 per cent recorded since last Tuesday.
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