One of the leading technical institutions of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has become a COVID-19
group with about 71 cases reported to date and some more are expected.
Students allege that the IIT-M’s decision to run a single mess is the reason for the large-scale spread of coronavirus. In disorder you cannot wear a mask and a congregation of a good number of people in disorder turned out to be the cause of the spread.
A total of 774 students are on campus and most of those infected were residents of two shelters: Krishna and Jamuna.
For its part, IIT-M has decided to close all its departments, centers and has asked its staff to work from home and to anyone with symptoms such as fever, dry cough, sore throat, diarrhea, loss of taste / smell or any other symptom You have been asked to contact hospital officials.
Graduate students, research scholars, and others have been asked to be confined to their rooms with arrangements made to bring food to their rooms.
Sunday 32 cool coronavirus Cases of infection have been reported and the Tamil Nadu government has ordered all students to be tested for the virus.
A total of 66 students and five staff members tested positive for coronavirus infection.
According to officials, the students who had returned to campus were quarantined for two weeks, but the quarantine capacity is limited.
Those who have been infected with coronavirus they are progressing well, officials said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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