Indore: Panic against gripped the UTD campus of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya after a faculty of management institute on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19.
The faculty was tested after he lost his sense of smell and taste, making it perhaps the first case in the city where someone was tested based on the what has now being recognised as a COVID symptom.
The general symptoms for COVID-19 are fever, sore throat, sneezing, dry cough etc. But when a faculty with Institute of Management Studies, an entity of DAVV, read about the new COVID-19 symptom - loss smell and taste - and felt that he had similar symptoms, he discussed it with duty doctor at DAVV, who suggested to him to go for COVID-19 test. He got himself tested at Central Lab and his sample was found positive.
“I had no symptoms like fever, cold, sore throat etc. But for the last few days, I had lost sense of smell and taste. I knew something was wrong. I got myself tested and the report came back as positive,” the teacher said.
After news of his being COVID positive spread, IMS got panic-stricken as the infected teacher had visited the institute campus and had also attended a meeting in the last few days.
Soon, teams to disinfect the institute building reached the UTD campus and started their operation. The university authorities have decided to shut down the IMS building till next Friday.
This is the second case from DAVV. Earlier an employee working at a hostel was tested positive.
