IIT Guwahati Now A Containment Zone After 60 Test Positive On Campus

At least 60 people have tested positive for coronavirus from the campus, authorities said.

The Indian Institute of Technology's Guwahati campus has been declared a containment zone by authorities after a massive number of infections were reported from the premises. At least 60 people have tested positive for coronavirus from the campus, authorities said.

According to a government order, no one will be allowed to enter or exit the premises.

The new guest house of IIT Guwahati is the epicentre of the campus outbreak, the Kamrup district authorities told NDTV.

The samples of all those who have tested positive have been sent for genome sequencing, sources in the government have told NDTV. The patients have mild to no symptoms, they said.