One More AMU Doctor Dies Due To Covid, Toll Of Staff Succumbing To Infection Rises To 35
As many as 17 serving faculty members have died from coronavirus in the past three weeks and at least 18 retired teachers have succumbed to COVID and COVID-like symptoms, an official said
Outlook Web Bureau 11 May 2021, Last Updated at 10:39 pm File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-11T22:35:25+05:30 One More AMU Doctor Dies Due To Covid, Toll Of Staff Succumbing To Infection Rises To 35 outlookindia.com 2021-05-11T22:39:10+05:30
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Previously, as many as 34 serving and retired faculty members died due to the virus, officials said.
34 Aligarh Muslim University Professors Succumb To Covid-19 In Last 18 Days
After 34 deaths among teachers and retired colleagues due to Covid, the AMU vice-chancellor wrote to the ICMR, urging it to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus.
Outlook Web Bureau 10 May 2021, Last Updated at 12:27 pm File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-10T11:08:40+05:30 34 Aligarh Muslim University Professors Succumb To Covid-19 In Last 18 Days outlookindia.com 2021-05-10T12:27:26+05:30
As many as 34 working professors of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succumbed to Covid and Covid-like symptoms in the last 18 days. Professor Shakeel Samdani, dean of the law faculty of AMU who was undergoing treatment at Aligarh’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College died on Saturday.
Aligarh (UP), May 10
After 34 deaths among teachers and retired colleagues due to COVID and COVID-like symptoms, the AMU vice-chancellor wrote to the ICMR on Sunday, urging it to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus.
In a letter to the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), V-C Tariq Mansoor said 16 serving and 18 retired teachers besides other employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succumbed to the infection in the past 18 days.
There is a possibility that a particular variant may be circulating in areas around the AMU campus and surrounding localities, which has led to these deaths , he said, stressing the need for the study to control the spread of the virus.
Aligarh Muslim University sends Covid samples for viral genome sequencing after 16 faculty deaths
Aligarh Muslim University sends Covid samples for viral genome sequencing after 16 faculty deaths
AMU Vice-Chancellor has written to the ICMR Director-General after growing suspicion of a new Covid-19 variant fuelling the surge of coronavirus cases in Aligarh. The varsity has also sent samples to the CSIR in New Delhi for viral genome sequencing.
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Alarmed by the deaths of at least 34 staffers including teachers, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has sent samples collected at its Covid-19 laboratory to the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi for viral genome sequencing.
AMU VC Asks ICMR To Study if COVID Variant Responsible After Deaths of 34 Teachers
The Vice-Chancellor wrote to the ICMR concerned that there may be a specific mutant of the virus which has caused the fatalities around the campus.
34 past and present AMU teachers have succumbed to the virus in the last 18 days. Photo: PTI
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Aligarh:Â After 34 deaths among teachers and retired colleagues due to COVID and COVID-like symptoms, the AMU vice-chancellor wrote to the ICMR on Sunday, urging it to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus.
In a letter to the director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), VC Tariq Mansoor said 16 serving and 18 retired teachers besides other employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succumbed to the infection in the past 18 days.