Hubballi: A total of 65 medical students at the Vijayanagar Medical Institute and Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week.
The Institute is testing all primary and secondary contacts from infected students.
On both campuses, students who are infected asymptomatik and are fully vaccinated, said source.
We found 24 students again positive on Monday.
As many as 55 students are now infected at the Institute, “he said.
Students do not have a history of travel and may have contracted a virus while caring for patients at the hospital, he said.” We have sealed the 19th and 28th blocks in the hostel where infected students stayed.
When all infected students do not show symptoms, they are isolated and quarantined at the Covid Care Center, “he added.” We also intensify the inspection of staff and teachers and we have sent 293 samples for testing.
The results of several people waiting, “said director.ps Bhusaraddi, director of the Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), said in the last three days, 10 students were tested positively.
They do not have a history of travel and asymptomatic.” We have tested all 900 students, including Primary and secondary contact students are infected, and all negative reports.
All infected with being quarantined at the hostel, “he said.” We are now ready to deal with the increasing number of cases.
We have 445 beds and pediatric wards 100 beds to treat covid patients with 133 ventilator facilities.
We have two oxygen tanks with 13kl and 20 kl capacity and two oxygen generation factories in the hospital, “said director.” We have also increased the number of staff and other facilities to provide timely care to patients in need.
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65 students in 2 positive medical college tests
