Campus declared containment zone: 25 students of Gujarat law varsity test Covid positive

GMC Commissioner Dr Dhavalkumar Patel told this paper that three had tested positive on Thursday evening.

“Three of GMC medical teams went to the campus today morning and conducted 167 rapid antigen tests, in which 25 were tested positive. Five others had approached private laboratories where they tested positive. So, in total there are 33 cases (since Thursday). Some of the close contacts (of the initial three cases) are symptomatic. The three medical teams will continue testing tomorrow as well. All have been isolated at the hostel,” said Dr Patel.

GNLU had commenced physical classes from April 4 and had freshers’ week planned for the week to welcome two batches — those who were admitted in 2020 and 2021 — which had to be cut short on April 7 after the first case came to
light.

GNLU Registrar incharge, Dr Jagdish Chandra T. G. said in a statement issued by the university that “as soon as the first Covid cases came to light, we have suspended the ongoing celebration of Freshers’ Week. We have also suspended offline classes.

From Monday, classes will be held online. The end semester examination will also be conducted as per schedule (in May) but online. We are staggering mess timings for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are working closely with Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation’s Medical Officer of Health to contain Covid cases on the campus.”

More than a 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students are on campus at present at GNLU.

As per the state health bulletin, a total of 20 Covid-19 cases were reported across the state on Friday and seven were reported across the state on Thursday.

The state has been reporting fewer than 15 cases a day since March 27.