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Tamil Nadu: Covid cases rise to 60 in IIT-Madras, CM Stalin to hold meeting on Monday

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Ma Subramanian, along with Principal Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and senior department officials, inspected the IIT-M campus today to take stock of the situation. "New infections at IIT-Madras have gone up to 60 till date.

As many as 2,015 people were tested of the total 7,300 at the institution," Subramanian told reporters on the campus. Radhakrishnan has urged the students to monitor their health and said if they experience any kind of discomfort they should immediately alert the authorities concerned.

The Health Secretary has also written to Collectors calling for effective administration of vaccines to eligible people, including administering of booster doses.

Radhakrishnan, in the letter, said the recent cluster at IIT-Madras was a "pointer" to the urgent need to ensure and strictly enforce COVID-appropriate. "The rising cases is a pointer to increase in surveillance and ensure self-health monitoring and testing is advocated...", he said.

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