Education
New 25 fresh Covid-19 cases in IIT Madras detected taking the total number to 55 cases
Twenty-five more students tested positive for Covid-19 at IIT-Madras, State Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan said on Saturday. With this, the total number of cases on the campus stands at 55.
Radhakrishnan said 1,420 samples collected from students and faculty have been tested so far, of which 55 came back positive. On Friday, 18 students tested positive for the infection.
The health secretary said all the Covid-19 patients on campus have mild symptoms, while only a few have fever. Their oxygen saturation level is 98-99.
Mandagini hostel is reportedly the site of the Covid-19 cluster at IIT-Madras. First year students from 13 states arrived at the hostel recently, and it is suspected that one of the new students might have been the carrier. Covid tests are being conducted in all 19 hostels on campus.
State Health Secretary Radhakrishnan had earlier said that the gradual increase of Covid cases was worrying. “Based on the genome analysis of the cases, 90 per centre Omicron cases of BA.2 variant,” he had said.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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