97, including 12 elderly people, test positive for coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada
District records 3 deaths on Sunday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada has registered as many as 97 new cases of Corona infection on Sunday.
This is the highest number of cases in a single day in the district, which now has had a total of 673 cases. Three people have also died on Sunday.
The number of cases is increasing steadily but the source of infection is not detected in many cases, giving rise to further fear and worry among the people on the manner of spread of the virus.
Of the positive cases found on Sunday, there have been 29 people who returned from Saudi Arabia on June 10, 21 and 22 and a 26-year-old man who returned on June 19 from Qatar. There are 21 people with influenza-like illness (ILI) and five with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). The source of illness of 28 people has not been identified yet, but 10 positive cases are said to have had primary-level with earlier cases, two men – aged 25 and 27 years – came from Chennai on June 20, and a 30-year-old woman came from Mumbai on June 10, said Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.
The bulletin of the Health Department released on Sunday has said that 12 senior citizens in the district were found to be positive – men aged 78, 75, 74, 70, 68, 68, 64, 63, 62 and 60 years and women aged 65 and 60 years.
The only news of relief for the people of the district is that six people, including patients aged 70 and 67 years, were discharged from hospital post-treatment on Sunday.
So far, 422 people have recovered in the district. Most of the people under treatment are said to be in a stable condition.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
