patiala the sudden surge in covid19 cases has hit the national institute of sports nis in patiala with six persons testing positive and are currently in isolation however all the national campers have returned negative and are continuing with their training in a biosecure environmentplaying down reports of the campus being declared a containment zone after 26 positive cases were found nis executive director col raj singh bishnoi said more than half of the cases are from adjoining areas and have nothing to do with the campusbishnoi further said that among some positive cases are a few students of its academic courses but they live outside the campus and have no connection with their campers since then all physical classes in the campus were suspended and shifted to online modesix people are in isolation at the moment the other cases do not belong to nis and are from adjoining areas some students of nis academic courses have tested positive but they live outside the campus col bishnoi told toiall the national campers here are safe and continuing with their regular training inside the bio bubblewe are regularly conducting 100 per cent testing of all athletes and support staff around 170 campers were tested on january 4 among them were the fencers who participated in the junior nationals in sonipat recently all the fencers returned negative he saidon wednesday three junior athletes and a coach were found asymptomatic and are currently in isolation they will be retested after 10 days in accordance with the guidelines issued by the state governmentanother 140 campers were tested on december 31 and among them two were found positive and they have already completed their quarantine period and are recovering well one was a wrestler and another a member of the support staff he addedbishnoi assured that the national campers are completely in a biosecure environment and have no contact with the junior athletes residing inside the campus the nis patiala is hosting national camps in various disciplines including athletics weightlifting judo and boxing