Exclusive: Telangana college forces COVID-19 infected students to write offline exams
What’s worse about this entire ordeal, according to students, is that their college is making Covid-19 positive students to come and write exams in the room exactly opposite to the hall where others are writing the exams. Bhaskar Medical College in Moinabad District. (Photo: College website)
Hyderabad: In a shocking revelation, a medical college in Moinabad has been found conducting exams for students. What’s more problematic is that the management has reportedly called even those who are COVID-19 positive, and made them sit in a separate room to write the exam. Students, who were forced to appear for it, have said that the institution has put several people at the risk of getting infected with the virus.
Historic moment
Updated Dec 19, 2020, 7:05 pm IST
Dr Nikhila Juvvadi who administered the first vaccine shot to a frontline worker in Chicago recently, speaks exclusively to Deccan Chronicle
Dr Nikhila Juvvadi
“If you’ve already had COVID-19, it’s still recommended you get the vaccine as it helps get your immunity to get stronger.”
“Vaccine requires a particular type of storage, at about –80 degree C, which means a lot of logistic preplanning”
“In India, there are the internationally developed Astrazenaca and those being developed in Hyderabad with Bharat Biotech, which will likely be available first”
“In the United States, the general public will get the vaccine by March, and I’m sure it’ll happen in India by summer too.”
Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 10:12 IST
The doctor works at the Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed hospital in Austin in Chicago. The facility has faced Covid s brunt. Covid vaccine roll-out in Chicago sees Hyderabad origin doctor take lead | Photo Credit: AP
Hyderabad: A Chicago-based, Hyderabad origin doctor was the first to administer the Covid vaccine in the American city yesterday. Dr Nikhila Juvvadi, the youngest chief clinical officer in Chicago, heads a Covid task force that helped her hospital tackle Covid head-on.
She works at the Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed hospital in Austin, in the American city. The facility has faced Covid’s brunt, treating the most vulnerable sections of society including minority groups. The region saw the second highest number of Covid positive cases in Illinois state.