Last month AMU issued a COVID-19 advisory to check the spread of the virus
Aligarh/New Delhi:
Forty-four employees of the Aligarh Muslim University - 19 professors and 25 non-teaching staff - have died after contracting the Covid virus, sparking concern over yet more cases, and deaths, emerging from the prestigious educational institution.
AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor wrote to the ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research, the central government s nodal body in this crisis) to say the deaths were from a lethal variant, and asked for genome sequencing. This is giving rise to suspicion that a particular viral variant may be circulating in the Civil Lines area of Aligarh, in which AMU and many adjoining localities are situated, the Vice Chancellor wrote.
Caravan of death rolls on
Passing away of several important personalities has been reported during the period of Ramazan converging with the peak of Corona pandemic in India.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 10th May 2021 10:37 pm IST
Depredations of COVID-19 have snatched away several precious lives from us in the recent days, especially during 2021 Ramazan.
The second wave of Corona virus infection has taken a heavy toll of lives across the nation. Common men and women are falling victim to it by dozens in every town and city, but it has been unsparing in its assault and has ruined lives regardless of class and caste. It has been startling to find deaths caused in families which had access to the elite hospitals and state-of-the-art medical facilities. In certain cities, the spaces for obituary advertisements in newspapers have outstripped the space devoted to commercial ones. It is needless to say that only those who can afford to pay announce the death of near, dear and important
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