COVID-19 in XIMB: No need to panic, says BMC

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Mar 22, 2021 at 2:14 PM

Bhubaneswar: All students, employees and faculty members of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) have been put under isolation after some students and staff of the B-school tested positive for COVID-19.

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Zonal Deputy Commissioner (North) Purandar Nanda informed this. He is monitoring the sanitation work and strict enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines in and around the college.

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“The XIMB campus has been sealed until further orders and nobody is allowed to enter the premises. In order to check the spread of Covid-19, a protocol has been put in place for sanitising the college campus and all documents too,” he said.

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The BMC has already sanitized the entire campus, including classrooms, library and auditoriums. Meanwhile, a special team rushed to the campus to conduct test of other students and staff of the college. The swab samples have been sent for RT-PCR test, the official added.

“There is no reason to be panic. The BMC has been keeping a close watch on the situation and taking precautionary measures to check further spread of the virus,” Nanda said.