Mysore/Mysuru: In view of re-opening of colleges and hostels across the State from Nov. 17 and as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by State Government, all teachers, students and non-teaching staff must produce a COVID-19 RT-PCR negative test report, which is done within 72 hours or three days before the day of joining.
In a press release, the Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services has instructed to make all necessary arrangements for collecting nasal and throat swabs and testing the same. Further, the health staff should collect the samples from teachers, students and non-teaching staff of both colleges and hostels, without any delay and facilitate quick testing. The test result must be sent as SMS to registered mobile number in ICMR portal or it can be accessed by visiting www.covidwar.karnataka.gov.in/servicel, for lab reports. All labs are instructed to carry out testing of these samples through pooled (I:5) testing process and upload the results of ICMR portal immediately, the release added.
