COVID-19 cluster at IIT Madras: Over 100 test positive, university issues lockdown till Thursday for students on campus The Tamil Nadu govt said though the results showed a 20 percent positivity rate, there was no need for concern as measures including aggressive contact testing are in place as per the protocol Natasha Trivedi December 15, 2020 13:13:58 IST Representational image. AFP
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has become a COVID-19 cluster with over 100 people testing positive since 1 December. Students living on campus currently said that the administration on Sunday issued a lockdown till Thursday in light of the recent outbreak.
PTI reported that a total of 104 students have tested positive and quoted Tamil Nadu health secretary J Radhakrishnan as saying that all were doing well .
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33 more test positive for Covid 19 as total number crosses 100 in IIT Madras campus
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said this was a lesson for other colleges and stressed the need to follow the safety protocols on campuses.
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CHENNAI: Another 33 people, including students, from IIT Madras tested positive for Covid 19 on Monday, taking the total number of people infected with the virus in the institute from December 1 to 104.
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said this was a lesson for other colleges and stressed the need to follow the safety protocols on campuses.
IIT-Madras closed temporarily following major outbreak of coronavirus
IIT-Madras closed temporarily following major outbreak of coronavirus
ByGladwin EmmanuelGladwin Emmanuel / Updated: Dec 14, 2020, 18:21 IST
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COVID-19 among students and staff.
The campus of the premier institute turned into a COVID-19 hub with over 100 students and staff testing positive for the deadly virus in the past few days, thereby, forcing the administration to shut down its academic zone, sources said.
There are 774 students on campus. The students who were infected were hostel inmates.
A total of 444 persons had undergone COVID-19 tests.
The scholars and staff tested positive for the disease have been shifted to an exclusive facility for the disease at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research.
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