Atleast 29 undergraduate medical students of King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College have tested positive for COVID-19. The dean of the institutes has issued a circular with stringent measures to be followed at the hospital after this. All the infected students are residents of a hostel. 
 
According to a senior official of KEM Hospital, around 1,100 medical students attended a cultural programme last week after which one of them developed symptoms. The student tested positive after which close contacts were tested and 29 were found positive. It is said that 27 of these students are fully vaccinated while one has taken only one dose and one hasn't not taken any doses.

These 29 undergraduate medical students include first and second year MBBS students. While 14 of them have been admitted to SevenHills Hospital (SHH) the rest have been quarantined in the hostel. Of these 14, 13 are completely vaccinated while one has not taken any doses.