IIT Roorkee student from Chandigarh dies at quarantine centre had tested negative for COVID

  • | Thursday | 15th April, 2021

Roorkee April 15A student died at a COVID quarantine centre on the IIT campus here after he tested negative for the infection prompting the authorities to launch a magisterial probe. The 23-year-old MTech student a resident of Chandigarh died on Wednesday night. Garhwal Division Commissioner Ravinath Raman said the RT-PCR test report of the IIT student had come out negative recently. A magisterial inquiry will be launched into the incident to find out the cause of his death he said. Eighty-nine students of the IIT-Roorkee tested positive for COVID-19 recently prompting the authorities there to declare three buildings on its campus as containment zones.

Roorkee April 15 A student died at a COVID quarantine centre on the IIT campus here after he tested negative for the infection prompting the authorities to launch a magisterial probe. The 23-year-old MTech student a resident of Chandigarh died on Wednesday night. Garhwal Division Commissioner Ravinath Raman said the RT-PCR test report of the IIT student had come out negative recently. A magisterial inquiry will be launched into the incident to find out the cause of his death he said. Eighty-nine students of the IIT-Roorkee tested positive for COVID-19 recently prompting the authorities there to declare three buildings on its campus as containment zones. — PTI

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