Eight cop from Hassan contracts virus

Hassan: The police quarters in Alur of in Hassan district has been sealed down after a constable was found infected . He was one of the 17 people tested positive for Covid in the district on Saturday.

The policeman from Alur was a primary contact of four Holenarasipur policemen who were tested positive some days ago.

These four had contracted the virus while on duty at Nippani in Belagavi district. They were deployed in the border district to facilitate the natives of Hassan to enter Karnataka near Nippani.

So far, eight police personnel from Hassan district have been infected. The first case pertains to a 27-year-old KSRP constable who entered Hassan city on May 17, but tested positive a week later.