COVID-19 Update: 53 Students Test Positive at Saikrupa Residential College at Kunjakanta
As per recent reports, 53 students from Saikrupa Residential College in Kunjakanta have tested positive of COVID-19. The residential college has now been sealed for an indefinite period.
According to recent reports, 53 students from a college in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district have tested positive for COVID-19. The new cluster of infections have now prompted the municipal administration to seal the Saikrupa Residential College at Kunjakanta in Dhenkanal town for an indefinite period.
Four students from a hostel in the Kunjakanta area were found positive of the infection after which the others were also tested. Thirty-three students tested positive and the patients were immediately moved into isolation. According to reports, 16 more students tested positive taking the total number of cases to 53.
District collector Saroj Kumar Sethi mentioned that an FIR has been lodged against the college chairperson and the principal for failing to restrain students who were back home after the tests. The Kunjakanta ward has been declared as a micro-containment zone for 10 days and directions have been issued to restrict social gatherings like weddings to 100 along with strict night curfew and ensuring compliance of COVID protocols like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
Action against College
Atanu Samant, Executive Officer, Dhenkanal Municipality when speaking to the media stated that despite the instructions, students have left the hostel and the institution head has informed that the students went to their guardians concerned after submitting undertakings to keep their children in home isolation.
He further added that since the students were allowed to leave the campus without notifying the matter to the municipality appropriate action will be taken against the college authorities.
It has also been reported that all shops and business establishments, irrespective of the scale and size in the containment zones have been closed with immediate effect and only a supply chain of medicine and other essential items are allowed in the area.
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