The Indian Institute of Technology Madras campus on Thursday emerged as a COVID-19 cluster with 12 persons testing positive for SARS CoV-2.
Health and Family Welfare Secretary J. Radhakrishnan, who visited the campus on Thursday, said that all those who tested positive were doing fine although they were mildly symptomatic. He said the Health Department, along with the Greater Chennai Corporation and the administration of IIT Madras, has begun saturation testing by collecting samples from around 2,000 persons on the campus to proactively identify the cases. He said that adequate containment measures have been put in place keeping a facility with 60 rooms available for isolation.
Reports of positive cases on the campus emerged two days ago. Subsequent testing of contacts and other symptomatic individuals led to the identification of 12 cases.
