MIT Campus declared as Containment Zone after 59 test Covid-19 positive
A fresh round of COVID 19 tests will be conducted on students in the campus.;
Udupi: The Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, where Engineering college is located, has been declared as a containment zone after 59 positive cases were reported in the campus since the past few days, wherein, 25 cases on came to the fore on Tuesday, while 27 cases on Wednesday.
Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha confirmed the administrative decision. The areas coming under the MIT campus were cordoned off and the movement of students in hostels and others residing in the campus will be restricted for next two weeks. A fresh round of COVID-19 tests will be conducted on students in the campus.
District officials said that the restrictions are currently limited to the MIT campus in Manipal and do not cover other areas of the town, which includes the Kasturba Medical College (KMC) campus.
Narayana Sabhahit, Registrar of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) said that "The academic area will be excluded but the hostel areas will be a containment zone. Students in the hostel will be asked to restrict their movement. We will continue online classes but laboratory classes are postponed. If there are any examinations in the next two weeks, they will be postponed."
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