Inter-state daily commuters demand exemption from RT-PCR test
Mangaluru: Daily commuters from Kasaragod district of Kerala submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner K V Rajendra, seeking exemption from the compulsory RT-PCR test at the border with Dakshina Kannada (DK).
A delegation of Sahayathri, a forum of daily commuters from DK, who depend on the district for work, education and other purposes, met the DC on Thursday. “Thousands of people, including doctors, paramedical staff, employees, students and businessmen from Kasaragod depend on Dakshina Kannada and travel here regularly. The government has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for those inter-state commuters, and accordingly, people are travelling with the Covid-19 negative report for the past 45 days. Students are also made to undergo RT-PCR tests four times a month,” Sahayathri members Kishor Yenankudlu, Shivakrishna Niduvaje and Ganesh Bhat Varanasi explained.
In reply, the DC said a decision will be taken based on the test positivity rate in Kasaragod district.
94 test +ve in DK, 77 in Udupi
Dakshina Kannada district reported 94 cases of Covid-19 with a test positivity rate of 1% on Thursday. While three more fatalities took the death toll to 1,660, the district has 936 active cases. Meanwhile, Udupi recorded 77 fresh cases of Covid-19, and the district has 206 active cases.
A delegation of Sahayathri, a forum of daily commuters from DK, who depend on the district for work, education and other purposes, met the DC on Thursday. “Thousands of people, including doctors, paramedical staff, employees, students and businessmen from Kasaragod depend on Dakshina Kannada and travel here regularly. The government has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for those inter-state commuters, and accordingly, people are travelling with the Covid-19 negative report for the past 45 days. Students are also made to undergo RT-PCR tests four times a month,” Sahayathri members Kishor Yenankudlu, Shivakrishna Niduvaje and Ganesh Bhat Varanasi explained.
In reply, the DC said a decision will be taken based on the test positivity rate in Kasaragod district.
94 test +ve in DK, 77 in Udupi
Dakshina Kannada district reported 94 cases of Covid-19 with a test positivity rate of 1% on Thursday. While three more fatalities took the death toll to 1,660, the district has 936 active cases. Meanwhile, Udupi recorded 77 fresh cases of Covid-19, and the district has 206 active cases.
