A hostel block at the Andhra University College of Engineering in Visakhapatnam on Sunday was turned into an isolation ward after over 100...
A hostel block at the Andhra University College of Engineering in Visakhapatnam on Sunday was turned into an isolation ward after over 100 persons on campus tested positive for the coronavirus, The News Minute reported.
As of Sunday, 102 students and staff of the college had been diagnosed with Covid-19. The university administration said the cluster first emerged after more than 50 students tested positive on Saturday.
District Medical and Health Officer P Suryanarayana told The Hindu that out of 102 cases, 96 are men, five are faculty members and one is a woman. “Almost all the reports are out and a very few are yet to be received,” he added.
Suryanarayana said that most of the students were asymptomatic but a few suffered from mild fever. Four medical teams including doctors, nurses and staff at the university had been deployed to monitor the health of students, he said.
Authorities said the prime contacts of the patients were being traced. Around 1,000 students were tested as per protocol as of Sunday, according to The News Minute.
Andhra Pradesh Tourism Minister MS Srinivasa Rao visited the university, where a meeting was conducted with district authorities and the college administration, to take stock of the situation. “The district authorities are taking all the necessary measures to treat those...
