Nine Anna University students test positive for COVID-19, saturation testing being done
The Hindu
Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said there was no need to panic; all students are asymptomatic and doing well, he said
After one person tested positive for COVID-19 at Anna University’s ACTECH campus hostel on Wednesday, nine of the 300 students who were subjected to RT-PCR testing, were found positive for the infection. All 763 students on the campus are being tested now, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said.
“The Greater Chennai Corporation has taken up saturation testing for all students of the campus after one student tested positive on Wednesday. A total of 300 students were tested of whom, nine were found to be infected and admitted to the Government Corona Hospital, Guindy. All of them are asymptomatic and are doing well,” he told reporters shortly after inspecting the university campus on Thursday.