Over 200 rooms earmarked for Covid-positive students at IITH

The 112 positive cases are either mild or asymptomatic

The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH) has stated that as on Thursday, January 13, there are 112 Covid-19 positive cases and all of them have been isolated into separate isolation areas.

In a release here, the IITH stated that only double vaccinated students have been invited to the IITH campus and 211 rooms for isolation are kept ready and they will be increasing this number based on the requirement.

“Almost all the reported cases are either mild or asymptomatic and are showing good signs of recovery within 4-5 days. Sanitisation/disinfection of isolation facility/washrooms are being carried out at regular intervals. We currently have six well-qualified medical doctors and nine staff nurses serving the IITH community (24x7) on a rotation basis. We have recruited four additional staff nurses exclusively for monitoring the covid cases. The food and medicines for all the covid affected students are being delivered directly by the attenders (with necessary covid protocols),” informed the IITH stating that the period of isolation is 7 days from the date of testing. Students of the same pod (if one of the students is found positive, his or her primary/secondary contacts) are being quarantined for two days and they are advised to undergo testing if symptomatic.