Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath
AGRA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the varsity where deaths of several staff members, including 16 serving, 10 retired faculty and several non-teaching staff have been reported. The university has already sent the virus samples to ICMR to assess possibilities of any new variant in Aligarh.
Vice-chancellor of the university, Tariq Mansoor, told TOI that the CM assured all possible help in the fight against Covid-19, especially with supply of life-saving drugs, including Remdesivir and Oxygen supply.
The CM said, “Vaccination could have saved lives. The VC raised the demand for additional oxygen, which has been provided.”
With Over 40 Deaths In A Month, Aligarh Muslim University Fears A Virulent âAMU Strainâ Of CoronavirusÂ
by Swarajya Staff - May 14, 2021 11:09 AM
Aligarh Muslim University campus (Hemant Chawla/The India Today Group/Getty Images
Snapshot
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited the university to review the situation on Thursday.
Authorities say that the lack of vaccination could be a reason behind the deaths. The vaccination drive at the campus has been going on since December.
A spate of deaths at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh has raised concerns and fears of a particularly deadly variant of the coronavirus in the campus. Some at the campus are even calling it âAMU strainâ.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath
AGRA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the varsity where deaths of several staff members, including 16 serving, 10 retired faculty and several non-teaching staff have been reported. The university has already sent the virus samples to ICMR to assess possibilities of any new variant in Aligarh.
Vice-chancellor of the university, Tariq Mansoor, told TOI that the CM assured all possible help in the fight against Covid-19, especially with supply of life-saving drugs, including Remdesivir and Oxygen supply.
The CM said, “Vaccination could have saved lives. The VC raised the demand for additional oxygen, which has been provided.”
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath
AGRA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the varsity where deaths of several staff members, including 16 serving, 10 retired faculty and several non-teaching staff have been reported. The university has already sent the virus samples to ICMR to assess possibilities of any new variant in Aligarh.
Vice-chancellor of the university, Tariq Mansoor, told TOI that the CM assured all possible help in the fight against Covid-19, especially with supply of life-saving drugs, including Remdesivir and Oxygen supply.
The CM said, “Vaccination could have saved lives. The VC raised the demand for additional oxygen, which has been provided.”
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