IIT-Madras turns into COVID-19 hotspot; Tamil Nadu orders testing in all colleges
Nearly 1,000 students and mess workers tested for deadly virus; authorities have blamed hostel mess for spreading virus; all its departments, labs, and other centres closed
BusinessToday.In | December 16, 2020 | Updated 14:42 IST
A majority of those affected due to Covid-19 are students
Tamil Nadu government has launched an extensive testing drive in all colleges and universities of the state after 191 students at IIT-Madras were infected with COVID-19 virus. The authorities will speed up the RT-PCR testing in these institutions.
The decision comes as eight more students tested positive for the virus at IIT-Madras. The number rose after 141 students were tested on Tuesday. As many as 539 samples were taken on Monday alone, which includes workers in addition to students.
Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 11:14 IST
Tamil Nadu Government has cancelled the half yearly examinations for all government and government aided schools in the state. No update shared on possible school reopening dates. Tamil Nadu Govt. cancels half yearly exams for schools | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Tamil Nadu Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan has announced that the half yearly examinations would be cancelled this year for the government and government aided schools. With schools still closed in the state following the lockdown, the Education Minister has announced the cancellation of the examinations.
As for the private schools, the Education Minister has left the decision with the school administration. Not allowing for the schools to reopen just yet, the minister has given the private schools the option to either cancel the half yearly examinations or conduct them online.
PTI
Updated Dec 15, 2020, 2:41 pm IST
Following the outbreak, the institute shut all its departments and classes were being held online
A health worker collects a nasal sample from a woman for COVID-19 test, at a screening centre. (Representational Image: PTI)
Chennai: Seventy nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus on the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras campus here, taking the tally in the institution to 183, a senior health official said on Tuesday.
Out of the 978 samples lifted from the IIT-M since December 1, a total of 183 people have tested positive till date and results for 25 specimens alone were yet to be received, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, J Radhakrishnan said.
79 more COVID-19 cases reported from IIT-Madras; tally reaches 183
Out of the 978 samples lifted from the IIT-M since December 1, a total of 183 people have tested positive till date and results for 25 specimens alone were yet to be received
PTI | December 15, 2020 | Updated 14:45 IST
From 104 on Monday, with the addition of 79 more positive cases, the IIT-M s COVID-19 tally stood at 183
Seventy nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus on the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras campus here, taking the tally in the institution to 183, a senior health official said on Tuesday.
Out of the 978 samples lifted from the IIT-M since December 1, a total of 183 people have tested positive till date and results for 25 specimens alone were yet to be received, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, J Radhakrishnan said.
104 IIT-Madras Students Test Positive For Corona Virus Published by GulteDesk December 15, 2020
More than 100 students of IIT Madras have tested positive for Coronavirus. With this massive outbreak, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras campus has shut down all the departments and labs on the premises.
All the 104 students and others who contracted the disease have undergone tests at King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research, Tamil Nadu and they are said to be doing fine. Though the results showed a 20% positivity rate, there is nothing much to worry as all measures are being taken to check Covid-19 spread, said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.