JNU Health Centre Pharmacist tests positive for COVID-19; Students urged to return home

A pharmacist at the JNU health centre has tested positive, post which the varsity has urged the staff and students residing in the campus to return to their home town. 

Days after a pharmacist at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) health centre tested positive for coronavirus, the varsity had requested students still remaining at the campus to return to their home town. 

Although the university is taking all precautions as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Delhi Government from time to time, there is no safer place other than one's own home, the varsity said.

"In the present scenario, the timing of re-opening of the academic institutions is uncertain and may get delayed until August 15. Therefore, given the fact that the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi is increasing rapidly, all students who are stranded in the hostels are, hereby, strongly advised to return to their home at the earliest," Dean of Students Professor Sudheer Pratap Singh said.

The hostel residents who have already left the university campus should not come back until the university is re-opened, the varsity said.

In a circular, the varsity asked all students and staff members who happened to visit the health centre or was in touch with any of the health centre staff to contact the nearest hospital in case they develop any coronavirus symptoms.

On May 25, the varsity had strongly advised the students stranded in its hostels to return to their native places as special trains and some inter-state bus services have become operational following relaxations in the coronavirus-induced lockdown norms. On June 7, a pharmacist at JNU Health Centre had tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first reported instance of a COVID-19 patient inside the university.

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