To break the chain of spread of COVID-19, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Movement was banned within the campus on Tuesday, except for emergency services, Registrar Tamal Nath has informed. 20 more people, including 8 students and 12 faculty and staff members, have tested positive for the virus.
The students who tested positive were living on the IIT Kharagpur campus. The institute authorities have now adopted a strategy to trace those who may have been infected with the virus. “Fresh infections have been reported in the last two-three days as the authorities have adopted a strategy of testing and tracing to contain the spread of the disease,” Nath told news agency PTI. Most of the newly infected patients have mild symptoms of COVID-19 and the medical care team on campus is regularly monitoring their condition, he said.
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More than 60 people, including students and researchers, had tested positive For Kovid-19 between January 1 and January 4, the official said that all those previously infected have recovered from the virus and are now either in isolation or have returned to their normal activities.
Those who were earlier infected with Covid-19 are still in the campus, Nath said, adding that the situation at the institute has improved. “However, the institute has no plans to resume on-campus activities. The online classes will continue in view of the current pandemic situation,” Nath told the news agency.
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After the convocation of the institute held on December 18, IIT-Kharagpur opened the campus for its students after being closed for one and a half years. Due to the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases, the institute postponed the offline classes and opted for online classes. “But with the sudden surge in Covid in the last two days, we are again resuming classes in on-campus mode and sticking to online classes only,” Nath had said earlier.
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