Mangaluru: 10 children, 6 pregnant women among 30 who tested positive for COVID-19 in DK on Saturday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Saturday reported 30 fresh cases of Coronavirus which has taken the total toll of the number of infected patients in the District to 271.
Among the 30 people who tested positive for the virus on Saturday, 25 returned from Saudi Arabia and are at quarantine centers. The other five returned from Maharashtra.
However, in what has come as unwelcoming news, a majority of the infected patients who tested positive on Saturday, are children and pregnant women. With people who returned from Saudi Arabia testing positive for the virus, the District Administration has been brought on toes as more than 300 people have arrived in the District from Saudi in the last one week and are at quarantine centers.
On Saturday, three infants aged one year, two infants aged two years and four-year-old two girl child tested positive for the virus. Seven children aged below five years have tested positive. Along with this, three other children aged below 14 years have also tested positive.
Six pregnant women have also tested positive for the virus.
A total of 196 reports of swab samples arrived, of which 30 returned as positive and 166 returned negative for the virus. The District administration has sent 258 more samples for testing on Saturday.
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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.
