Patna: The second wave of COVID-19 appears to have come again with a vengeance because it continues to wreak havoc throughout varied states. It has now struck the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna the place as many as 18 students have examined positive.
The registrar of IIT Patna mentioned that two students returned to the campus after the Holi holidays on Sunday and examined positive for the virus.
Following this, the authorities carried out assessments of all students who got here involved with the 2. As it turned out, 16 extra students had been examined positive.
“As per the Covid protocols, we conducted RT-PCR test on those two students and their reports returned positive. Following that, we conducted 41 more tests on students staying in the hostel where the duo stayed. Of these, 16 reports returned positive on Tuesday,” the registrar was quoted as saying by IANS.
“We have converted the hostel into a quarantine centre. Besides, we have also turned the academic building into a quarantine facility for the suspected students. Educational activities on the campus have been suspended for a week,” he added.
The second wave of Covid-19 is spreading at a fast tempo in Bihar with the state reporting 935 new circumstances throughout 38 districts within the final 24 hours.
Earlier, Amrit Pratyay, the principal well being secretary of Bihar, had mentioned that the well being division had carried out 72,418 assessments until Monday night, of which 935 had been discovered to be positive throughout the state.
“The second wave of Corona is spreading at a extra fast tempo as in comparison with final 12 months. It is extra harmful than Phase 1. We have added 10 ICU beds in AIIMS Patna, taking the whole variety of ICU beds to 30. Moreover, we have now additionally added 100 extra beds at the
 Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH),” Pratyay mentioned.
