AMU Covid Crisis 18 Professors Die In 20 Days, V-C Asks ICMR To Probe Possible New Strain
- 3 years ago
Second wave of novel coronavirus has created havoc in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh as 18 working professors of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have reportedly died due to Covid-19 in the past 20 days. Some retired professors and their family members were also found infected.
Amid the spate of deaths, the AMU V-C has written to the ICMR requesting to study the infection. The Vice-Chancellor of the university suspects a virulent strain of Covid-19 behind the deaths. Few samples collected at the ICMR approved Covid-19 testing laboratory of the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in AMU have been sent for viral genome sequencing to the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi.
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Amid the spate of deaths, the AMU V-C has written to the ICMR requesting to study the infection. The Vice-Chancellor of the university suspects a virulent strain of Covid-19 behind the deaths. Few samples collected at the ICMR approved Covid-19 testing laboratory of the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in AMU have been sent for viral genome sequencing to the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi.
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