Chennai: Cluster Covid-19 has been identified in IIT-Madras, with 58 people, including 17 students, testing the campus positive between January 5 and 9.
Confirming that people on campus were tested by positive directors, IIT-M Bhaskar Ramamurthi said, “We Apply anything that decides Chennai Corporation and doctor.
” In a letter sent to all students on Monday, the Institute said that affected people have been sent to quarantine quarantine / government houses as suggested by government testing facilities and their family members have been placed under quarantine.
Students told those who returned to campus after January 1 was told by the Institute that they would be permitted in classrooms and laboratories only after they qualified themselves for a week or produced a negative Covid-19 certificate.
A corporate health official said they had asked the institute to regulate the isolation foundation for those affected by Covid.
“So far, 33 cases have been reported to us,” said a corporate official.
Students back on campus after 1 Jan suggested to isolate an official saying, “all have mild or no symptoms at all; we have asked them to provide isolation facilities to those who have been tested positively.
The case was reported last week.” Campus saw his first cluster when 71 people, including 66 students, was tested positive for viral infections in December 2020.
In his letter, the agency said, “Given the rapid increase in omicron cases in India, citizens of campus / dependents who have returned to campus from the state / state Other foreign countries are advised to notify the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) from the Institute Hospital immediately and get information about the possibility of home quarantine.
“Students told those who returned to campus after January 1 was isolated for seven days.
“The agency asked us to quarantine for seven days or showed a negative Covid-19 certificate to access classrooms and laboratories.
We were told to set up the RT-PCR test itself.
Administration must arrange Covid tests and quarantine students who test positively,” said a student Btech’s last year.
Given the cluster, the Institute urges the campus community to follow safety precautions such as maintaining social distance, wearing facial masks, often wash hands and avoid unnecessary trips.
It also asks them with mild symptoms to isolate yourself and contact the institution’s hospital.