Forty-six students of XLRI's Jamshedpur campus have tested positive for Covid-19.
The students who tested positive have been isolated and quarantined within the campus and kept under observation by the resident doctor.
"We have been strictly adhering to all the Covid-19 directives and guidelines of the state government and complying with all the necessary precautionary steps and protective measures. To contain the infection, contact tracing has been initiated, and all contact staff members and students will undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test. All the campus facilities, including the library, the computer lab, will remain closed until further notice, "said a spokesperson of XLRI.
The B-school spokesperson said the administration has undertaken all required precautionary measures, and all hostels, offices are being sanitized to contain the spread. However, the online classes will continue without any disruption.
Vaccines arrive amid rising cases and deaths
A consignment of 85,800 doses of Covishield reached Jamshedpur from Ranchi on Friday giving a boost to the staggering vaccination drive in the steel city.
There has been a sudden spike in the Covid-19 cases in East Singhbhum district, especially in the steel city in the past 24 hours. Nine people died in two city-based hospitals.
Around 256 new cases were detected in Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) of 3,110 samples carried out by the health department, taking the total number to 20,164 in the district.
While news of three Covid deaths till Friday late night was officially confirmed, but the six deaths that have taken place on Saturday are yet to be confirmed.
"Six Covid patients have died at Tata Main Hospital since the wee hours on Saturday. As there a process is followed before declaring a death officially, the health department is expected to declare about the six deaths late in the night only," said a senior official posted at Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, to The Telegraph Online.
The official on condition of anonymity pointed out that as the JNAC does carry out the work of disposal of Covid-infected bodies they get the information about a Covid death soon after it takes place.
