As the second wave of Covid-19 is becoming critical in the city, 46 students of leading B-school XLRI were tested positive for coronavirus. Sensing the situation, the campus has been closed till further notice.
An official of XLRI confirmed the development and informed that the students who tested positive have been isolated and quarantined within the campus and have been kept under observation by the doctor-in-residence.
“XLRI has been strictly adhering to all the COVID-19 directives and guidelines of the state government and complying with all the necessary precautionary steps and protective measures.
To contain the infection, contact tracing has been initiated, and all contact staff members and students will undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test. All the campus facilities, including the library, the computer lab, will remain closed until further notice,” he said.
XLRI administration has undertaken all required precautionary measures, and all hostels, offices are being sanitised to contain the pandemic spread. However, the online classes will continue without any disruption.
It may be mentioned that XLRI was founded in 1949 by Fr Quinn Enright, S.J. in Jamshedpur. Fr. Enright visualised XLRI to be a partner in the liberation and development journey of independent India. Over many years XLRI has developed its own identity.
The hallmark of this identity is, not to walk on the beaten path but to strike new routes; not to benchmark but to be benchmarked, to be second to none but to be the first to respond to the needs of the people and the nation, by taking up the tasks which are bold but necessary which nobody has hitherto taken up.
The number of deaths in the East Sighbhum is also increasing in 10 days of April 13 deaths have been reported. On Saturday three persons died of Covid-19 at Tata Main Hospital. On average, every day a person is dying because of the deadly virus.
The district administration has asked all authorities to focus on adopting extra preparedness measures ahead of festive season and to ensure that the COVID protocol is in place in all shops and establishments and markets where people are likely to congregate.
The city witnessed its first COVID death when a 71-year-old man who was a resident of Sonari died at the Tata Main Hospital on July 4 last year.
However, now deaths have started taking place of the persons hailing from very densely-populated localities of the city whereas asymptomatic COVID patients are present in an overwhelming number in the steel city. Health officials said testing would be ramped up, particularly among symptomatic people, irrespective of whether or not they had a travel history.
An official pointed out that those who are asymptomatic actually possess the most danger for the society. “As the asymptomatic patients do not have any symptom of COVID, they move in the public places, including marketplaces, banks and on the streets and thus spread the virus unknowingly,” he said.
