IIT Delhi suspends academic, co-curricular activities amid Coronavirus outbreak

In wake of Coronavirus outbreak,  Indian Institute of Techlogy (IIT) Delhi on Friday has suspended all of its acemic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. An official tice issued by institute stated, "As a part of preventive measures against spre of COVID-19, institute has suspended all acemic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities."

Furr, according to tice,  students pursuing B-Tech, Dual Degree, MSc, DIIT, M Tech, M Des, and MBA degrees, as well as first-year PhD students, have been asked to leave hostel by March 15 midnight and it is expected that y go straight to ir homes. Furr, it stated that start of  acemic activity will be communicated through email and institute's webp.

JNU suspends classes, examination

Meanwhile,  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) also anunced suspension of classes and examination till March 31. According to a tice issued by University, events such as seminars, conferences and workshops on campus have also been postponed. Along with it, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has also suspended classes till March 31 and vised students to avoid large garings. 

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Coronavirus in India

As of date, total number of positive cases in India has soared up to 80 - Haryana-15, Telangana-1, Rajasthan-3, Andhra Presh - 1, Karnataka-5, Jammu-1, Lakh-3, Maharashtra- 16, Tamil Nu-1, Uttar Presh-11, Delhi-6, Punjab-1, Kerala-19 (out of which 3 recovered). Along with it, two deaths have been reported in Kalaburagi and West Delhi respectively. 

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India has suspended all visas, barring for a few categories such as diplomatic and employment apart from keeping in abeyance visa-free travel facility to OCI cardholders till April 15. Moreover, Centre has “strongly vised” Indians to avoid all n-essential travel abro. government is also monitoring all suspected cases and issued preventive visories. 

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Coronavirus crisis

First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, COVID-19- vel coronavirus has affected nearly 118 countries in world. Presently, re are over 1,24,518 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of 4,607 people. As re is vaccine or specific antiviral medicine to treat COVID-19, countries have been grappling with all possible mechanisms to contain its scope. So far, China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran have witnessed most number of confirmed cases of vel coronavirus.

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(With ANI Inputs)