Sixty-six students, sources say, tested positive at IIT Madras this month.
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- 66 students tested positive at IIT Madras this month: Sources
- Teachers and students have been asked to work from home
- Students who are still in shelters receive packaged meals, said the IIT
Chennai:
IIT Madras has closed its departments, centers, laboratories and the library citing an increase in coronavirus cases in shelters, according to an email to students accessed by NDTV.
Sixty-six students, sources say, tested positive for Covid this month and 700 more are being tested.
Teachers and students have been asked to work from home.
The main educational institution, in a statement, said that the shelters had only 10 percent of the usual residents and that all were evaluated after some reported positive.
Students who are still in shelters receive packaged meals, the IIT said.
“A SoP has been implemented to determine how many academics and project staff can safely work in each laboratory based on its size, ventilation, etc. Researchers who wanted to return earlier were allowed to do so if they were willing to stay out of the room. campus in a similar way to project staff, until it was their turn to be accepted into the shelters, and provided their lab could accommodate them, “he said.
Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said the students are in stable condition. “The students have been quarantined and are reported to be in stable condition. There is no need to panic. Such groups were expected after the lifting of the restriction in the state,” he said.
COVID-19 numbers in Tamil Nadu and its capital Chennai, which was once a hotspot, have dropped dramatically. On Sunday, the state reported 1,195 cases, with Chennai accounting for 340. Although the state’s COVID count is approaching 8 lakh, active cases are at 10,115.
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