BSS
  14 Jan 2022, 15:11

RU issues directives to prevent Covid-19 spread

   RAJSHAHI, Jan 14, 2022 (BSS)- Rajshahi University (RU) administration has
issued a set of health protection directives to protect its people from
Covid-19 infection, RU sources said last night.

  RU authority urged all its teachers, students, officers and employees to
follow the directives, including wearing masks and receiving vaccines, in the
campus to prevent the virus spread.

  All have been asked to maintain health rules, including taking double dose
vaccines, as directed by the government. All the first-year students have
been asked to take at least single dose vaccine.

   Meanwhile, academic activities, including classes in-person, in the
university are going on at present since October 21 last.

   The varsity authority also opened the students' dormitories for the
convenience of the students. The hall authorities set up hand sanitization
basins at the entrance point for the students.

   Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar said they have canceled the
scheduled summer and winter vacations to recoup the academic losses.

   The public varsity has launched an inoculation campaign aimed at bringing
its students under the first dose and second dose Covid-19 vaccination.

   It has also opened a 24-bed Covid-19 isolation room at the medical centre
to deal with any emergency situation.