VSSUT sealed for 7 days as teacher tests COVID positive

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jul 1, 2020 at 11:59 AM

Sambalpur: The Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla in Odisha’s Sambalpur district has been sealed for 7 days after a woman teacher of the educational institution tested positive for COVID-19, said vice-chancellor Atal Choudhury.

The 52-year-old woman teacher’s husband died of the disease yesterday. He was a senior official of NALCO and undergoing treatment at VIMSAR in Burla.

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The district administration and VSSUT authorities have decided to seal the campus for seven days for its sanitisation. The campus has been declared as a ‘No Entry Zone’, the vice-chancellor said.

All staffers of the Civil Engineering Department of VSSUT have been placed under home quarantine.