March 18, 2021
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The Udupi Deputy Commissioner and Chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority, G Jagadeesha, has declared Manipal Institute of Technology’s (MIT) campus in Manipal as a containment zone.
A late evening notification by G Jagadeesha, Deputy Commissioner of the district, mentioned 59 patients as Covid-positive on the campus.
It said that faculty and essential duty staff of MIT campus are allowed in the campus with proper pass/identification.
Raju K, Assistant Commissioner of Kundapura Sub-Division, has been appointed as Incident Commander, who will be overall in-charge of the containment zone. The Incident Commander will take necessary actions as specified in the containment zone notification, he said.