COVID-19: Maharishi Dayanand University closed till March 29

Maharishi Dayanand University has shut down its campus in order to fights against the spread of coronavirus. The campus has been closed till March 29.

In order to combat the ongoing threat of coronavirus infection, the Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) has announced that the campus will remain closed from March 21 to March 29, 2020. The decision to shut down the varsity is been taken to fight against the spread of COVID-19 amongst the students, teachers, and staff.

The registrar of the varsity Gulshan Taneja directed all the employees who are residing in the campus to remain inside their respective homes. Without any prior permission, nobody will be allowed to leave the campus.

He also said that during this shut down all the emergency services in the varsity will remain operational. The faculty members will take extra classes once the university is reopened to compensate for the study loss. The non-teaching staff will also compensate by working on 4 Saturdays. Six days will be deducted from the summer vacation given to the faculty members.

Earlier, MDU had also postponed undergraduate (UG) re-appear examination for the second and fourth semesters that were scheduled to be conducted today. The varsity also announced that the decision on conducting other UG exams that are scheduled in April will be taken after March 31.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India today reached 195 after over 35 new cases reported, which is highest in a single day. As per the Health Ministry data, currently, there are 171 active coronavirus patients in the country. The total number of patients includes 163 Indians and 32 foreign nationals. Till now four deaths have been reported from the Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.

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