RAJSHAHI, Jan 17, 2022 (BSS) - Rajshahi University (RU) administration has
started collecting corona samples for its test aimed at preventing the Covid-
19 spread at the campus, RU sources said this noon.

   All the students and others concerned can give samples at RU Medical
Centre from 9.30 am to 11.30 am from Sunday to Thursday.

   Students can test their sample free of cost showing their respective
identity cards, while others have to show identity cards or national identity
cards and to pay fees fixed by the government.

   Meanwhile, the varsity administration has issued a set of health
protection directives to protect its people from Covid-19 infection.

   RU authorities 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 a 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) Professor 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.