Covid Spurt In IIT Madras, 66 Students Test Positive, Departments Shut | Read

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IIT Madras has shut down its departments, centres, labs and the library citing a spurt in coronavirus cases in hostels, according to an email to students that NDTV has accessed. Sixty-six students, sources say, have tested positive for Covid this month and 700 more are being tested. Faculty and students have been asked to work from home.

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