56 students test positive at Kerala's Thrissur medical college hospital

As many as 39 MBBS students of Thrissur medical college hospital and 17 students of the dental college have tested positive for Covid-19.

Some PG students and house surgeons at the college have also tested positive. Sajeevan (43), manager of Indian Coffee House (ICH), located at the medical college campus, died when he was under treatment for Covid. There are reports that another six staff at the ICH have also tested positive.

Dr Lola, principal of the college, said a mass testing drive was carried out soon after the reports of infection among students surfaced.


Students who were not having exams had been asked to return home immediately. Among the three batches of the students who are having exams now, eight students have tested positive.

De Lola disclosed that all the students who had tested positive had taken both doses of vaccines. “There are no students in the final year batch who have tested positive so far," she said, adding that among the freshers, only one student has tested positive.

Dr Raveendran, the liaison of the medical college hospital, said some patients undergoing treatment at the hospital have also tested positive in the postoperative phase. He said the entry of visitors to the medical colleges will be restricted in the wake of the rise in cases.