AISA Alleges COVID-19 Positive JNU Students Isolated 'Without Proper Care'

The All India Students' Association (AISA) alleged that the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has put COVID-infected students at an isolation centre "without proper care".

The All India Students' Association (AISA) on Wednesday alleged that the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has put COVID-infected students at an isolation centre "without proper care". The students association alleged in a statement that there was nobody to check on the students at the centre. "JNU students who have tested positive are being taken to an isolation centre in Sultanpuri. It is basically a DDA flat, with one or two students staying in each flat. There is no regular check up of the students to measure their vitals and oxygen levels. Two JNU students told us that even when they faced breathing problem, there was no one to take care of them," it said. It said there was "no provision of supply of hot water for drinking or for taking steam, both of which are extremely important to recover". "The quality of food is deteriorating with each passing day. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has forced students to stay isolated without proper care," the All India Students' Association (AISA) said. It also suggested that the university could have used Aravali guest house, vacant staff quarters, vacant dormitories, and the Gomti guest house in Connaught Place as the isolation facilities. It also demanded free vaccination of all JNU students from May 1 and for the administration to bear the medical cost of any student suffering from COVID-19.