IIT Delhi asks students to go back home as quarantine facility is full

IIT Delhi has directed all the research scholars and students to return to their homes amid rising COVID-19 cases and with the home quarantine facilities going full for COVID-19 patients on campus.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has asked all the research scholars and students who are not involved in any laboratory or coursework to return to their home as the institute's home quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients is full to capacity. The move comes after several students tested positive for COVID-19. 

Ashok Kumar Ganguly, deputy director, IIT Delhi in a letter to students, said:“Several students have tested positive today and several mess staff members have called in sick. The Gulmohar facility for home quarantine of students is full to capacity now. In addition, there are many cases amongst faculty and their family members as well as staff and their family members.“ 

The institute said that as government quarantine facilities are getting “fast overwhelmed”, students should go back to their homes. It also said that students who want to go home are allowed to do so. “Day scholars are also encouraged to work from home as far as possible," Ganguli’s letter said.

IIT Delhi said that the decision was taken after a review meeting held due to the “alarming situation” arising out of COVID-19. IIT Delhi had started allowing students back on campus once the COVID-19 lockdown was relaxed from October last year. However, in late March it halted the "onboarding" process -- the return of students to campus -- due to the second wave of COVID-19. 

Along with IIT Delhi, several other institutes have suspended their offline classes and shut their campus in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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