Karnataka College Hijab Row: 6 Students Get Covid, College Announces Holidays
NDTV
The institution has been embroiled in a controversy after eight students demanded that they be allowed to wear a hijab and attend classes.
Amid a hotly-debated controversy on fundamental rights following protests by a handful of Muslim students in a Karnataka government college on their right to attend classes wearing a hijab, the institute has been shut for five days as several students and a staff member tested positive for Covid.
Six students and one staff member have tested positive for covid-19 at the Government Girls Pre University college in Karnataka's Udupi.
Confirming the news to NDTV, the District Health Officer (DHO) of Udupi said, "Nearly seven people have tested positive for Coronavirus. As a precautionary measure, the college has declared holidays for students for five days. No severe cases have been reported and all are in isolation".
The college will resume on January 26.
