Corona hits kids in 11-17 age group
NT Correspondent
Bengaluru: As experts had predicted, the third wave is affecting children more with Corona positive cases pouring in from different districts of the state. In Mysuru district alone , around 80 children in the age group of 11 to 17 years have tested positive in the last one week. Similarly, 13 children in the age group of 6 to 10 years and seven kids in the age group of 0-5 years have contracted Covid. In Hassan, 26 students of a Government Polytechnic Institute have tested positive and the college has been closed down. All teachers and students underwent the RT-PCR test and are awaiting results. In Belagavi, around 20 students of a residential school have tested positive for Corona. In this case, the affected children were home quarantined.