44 people including 26 AMU professors die of Covid-19 in 20 days in a single college in India

[beijingwalker]

Uttar Pradesh: 44 people including 26 AMU professors die of Covid-19
AligarhUpdated on: May 12, 2021 8:31 IST

At least 44 people, including 26 professors have died at the Aligarh Muslim University after getting infected with the lethal novel coronavirus, within just 20 days, officials said, adding the new variant is suspected to have caused the deaths.

Tariq Mansoor, Vice Chancellor of the AMU, has urged the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to investigate the samples taken from the varsity. His brother had also died of Covid-19.


Officials said that samples have been collected from the university after the VC's request. The samples have been sent to the CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi for examination.

The AMU has written a letter to ICMR, asking for a genome study of the Covid samples as soon as possible. From this study, it can be found out whether a new variant of Covid-19 has spread in the university.

Prof. Mohammad Ali Khan, 60, of the Department of Post Harvest Engineering, Prof. Kazi Mohammad Jamshed, 55, of the Department of Political Science, Sajid Ali Khan, 63, professor of the Department of Psychology, Mohammed Irfan, 62, Chairman of the Museum Department, among others are among the deceased.

Among the 26 professors who have lost their lives to Covid-19 include 16 working and 10 retired faculty members.

Uttar Pradesh: 44 people including 26 AMU professors die of Covid-19

Officials said that samples have been collected from the university after the VC's request. The samples have been sent to the CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi for examination.

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[Capt. Karnage]

All of them were around 60 years old and they must have died of other causes including wrong medical treatment not corona.

 

[beijingwalker]

All of them were around 60 years old and they must have died of other causes including wrong medical treatment not corona.

60 years old is not considered an old age in China, it's in the middle age bracket in China.

 

[Capt. Karnage]

60 years old is not considered an old age in China, it's in the middle age bracket in China.

That's fine but here in India life expectancy is 66 years. Government is labelling every death as covid to spread fear and panic

 

[UKBengali]

Very sad and even though they were around 60 years of age, most probably would have survived if they had access to proper medical treatment.

Here in the UK, 80% of people unvaccinated people that end up in hospital with Covid-19 around that age survive.