Final-year MBBS student dies of Covid-19, 9 other students also test positive
Final-year MBBS student dies of Covid-19, 9 other students also test positive
The student had taken the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine but was yet to take the second dose. Nine other students who came in his contact have also tested positive.
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A 23-year-old final-year MBBS student in Patna died after contracting Covid-19. The deceased, Shubhendu, had taken his first shot of Covaxin in the last week of February. He was yet to take his second shot of the vaccine.
Shubhendu was a final-year MBBS student at the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in Patna. He died on Monday. He was a resident of Dahiya village in Begusarai district and had enrolled for MBBS in 2016.
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