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IIT Madras Shuts Down as More Than 100 Test Positive for COVID-19
Science | 14/12/2020 05:54 PM | Click to read full article
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has been hit by the coronavirus outbreak with over 100 people, a majority of them students, testing positive for COVID-19, a top health official said on Monday.
A spokesperson for the institute said that all departments and labs had been shut and as of then, only about 700 students, mostly research scholars, were accommodated in nine hostels.
