At AMU, 16 of the 18 professors who died of Covid had not taken even first dose of vaccine
AMU administration blames the deaths on vaccine hesitancy, besides comorbidities and self-medication. Many non-teaching faculty members and retired professors have died too.
Bismee Taskin 23 May, 2021 4:40 pm IST Text Size:
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Aligarh: At least 18 professors working at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) died due to Covid-19 and post-Covid complications in the last month. None of them were fully vaccinated, with only two taking the first dose, ThePrint has learnt.
According to official data accessed by ThePrint, the latest teaching faculty member to succumb to the virus is 55-year-old Mohammad Nasiruddin, from the Department of Pharmacology. The list includes one suspected Covid case too the cause of death in the records is pneumonia.