AMU vice-chancellor urges employees, families to get vaccinated

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) at AMU is a designated vaccination center for eligible groups.

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor has urged all the employees and their families to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as soon as possible. This comes after 34 COVID-19-related deaths were reported among AMU teachers and staff members.
Prof Mansoor sent an appeal to the employees as he said that, “I appeal to all AMU employees and families in all eligible age groups to get vaccinated at the earliest and on top priority. Its critical as mortalities are very less among those vaccinated”.

He further said that “Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) at AMU is a designated vaccination center for eligible groups."

Earlier, Prof Mansoor had written a letter to the director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) urging to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus.

VC Tariq Mansoor said 16 serving and 18 retired teachers besides other employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succumbed to the infection in the past 18 days.

He further said the microbiology laboratory at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College here is sending samples to the Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology laboratory, New Delhi, for genome sequencing.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to take stock of the coronavirus situation at the university, were at least 35 serving and retired faculty members have died due to COVID-19 or COVID-like symptoms in the recent weeks.

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