52 students of Kanchi med college test +ve

52 students of Kanchi med college test +ve

Chennai:25.03.2021 

At least 52 first year medical students of Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute at Enathur in Kancheepuram district have tested positive for Covid-19. The management closed the hostel and shifted classes for first and second year MBBS students to online mode.

Dean Dr K V Rajasekhar said the college had ordered RTPCR tests after six students tested positive two days ago. “Simultaneously, we asked all their primary and secondary contacts on campus to get themselves tested. Besides 228 students, hostel and mess staff and faculty members were tested. In this group, 46 students tested positive,” he said.

Students who tested positive for the viral infection are being kept in an isolation ward of the hospital attached to the medical college. District public health officer Dr V K Palani said the condition of all students was stable. “We have advised home quarantine for students who tested negative,” he said. Barring 40 final year students who are writing their exams, all others were asked to vacate the campus. TNN