Covid Positive Iit Hyd Students Were Fully Vaccinated #covid #telugu

Covid positive IIT Hyd students were fully vaccinated #Covid #Telugu

Hyderabad, Jan 13 : All students of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), who tested positive for Covid-19 during the last few days, had taken both doses of the Covid vaccine, officials said.

 Covid Positive Iit Hyd Students Were Fully Vaccinated #covid #telugu-TeluguStop.com

As many as 120 students and staff have tested positive for the virus during the last one week on the campus located at Kandi in Sangareddy district.

IITH officials said on Thursday that only double vaccinated students were invited to the campus as part of stringent measures to combat Covid spread.

“We have 112 positive cases among the students at the moment.All of them have been isolated into separate isolation areas.Almost all the reported cases are either mild or asymptomatic and are showing good signs of recovery within 4-5 days,” a statement said.

IITH currently has 211 rooms for isolation and this number will be increased based on the requirement.

The institute has suspended all offline activities and the semester is being conducted in completely online mode.

Around 600 unaffected students have already vacated the campus.The authorities are in the process of converting the vacated hostel blocks into isolation facilities.

Six well-qualified medical doctors and nine staff nurses are serving the IITH community 24×7 on a rotation basis.Four additional staff nurses have been recruited exclusively for monitoring the Covid cases, the statement said.

Food and medicines for all the Covid-affected students are being delivered directly by the attenders following the necessary Covid protocols.

Primary and secondary contacts of those testing positive are being quarantined for two days and are being advised to undergo testing if symptomatic, it said.


IITH said that strict restrictions are imposed at entry and exit gates to contain the virus spread.


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