Chaos at Thapar University as large number of students turn up for COVID testing
Tribune News Service
Patiala, March 16
Chaos marked Tuesday afternoon at Thapar University as a large number of students turned up for COVID testing.
Patiala Civil Surgeon and district epidemiologist had to reach the spot to manage the situation.
Health officials asked students to go back to their hostel where their sample would be collected. However, the students didn’t budge.
Notably, Thapar University has turned a hot spot after 38 students had tested positive for coronavirus. Ten more students have tested positive on Tuesday.
Parents from various states have already reached the campus to take their wards back home.
Many students of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, who had tested positive over the past three days, violating the state’s SOPs, are stated to have already left the institute without informing the Health authorities.
