Uttar Pradesh reported 40 coronavirus fatalities, highest in recent weeks, and 6,023 new cases of on Wednesday, pushing the toll to 8,964 and the infection tally to 6,45,930. In a bid to effectively control the pandemic infection in the district, the Lucknow district administration said that all educational institutitions, barring medical, nursing and para-medical institutes, would remain closed till April 15. District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash said that examinations would be allowed in recognised educational institutes with strict adherence to protocols. Night curfew will be imposed under the Lucknow Municipal Corporation from Thursday till April 16, the official said, as the coronavirus cases continue to surge. Six employees, working in the King George s Medical University vice chancellor s office, tested positive for coronavirus despite having received both shots of the vaccine, a doctor said.
Doctor couple tests positive after receiving two doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Lucknow
IANSApr 7, 2021, 17:44 IST
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A successful doctor couple in their 60s, who live in the posh Gomti Nagar locality in Lucknow, received both doses of Covid
vaccine last month. Re-energised, they resumed private practice at their clinic. But to their horror, both of them have now been found
Covid positive.
A family member told on condition of anonymity that even she and her kid are now Covid positive as she visited her parents in the last few days. They are not alone as news emerged from Lucknow that at least 40 doctors of King George s Medical University (KGMU), including Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (retd) Vipin Puri, have tested positive for novel coronavirus, despite most of them taking both the doses of the vaccine.
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Lucknow, April 7
A total of six staffers working in the office of the King George’s Medical University vice-chancellor tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday despite having received both shots of the vaccine, a senior doctor said.
This comes a day after the KGMU’s vice-chancellor himself was found having the infection. KGMU VC Lieutenant General (Retired) Dr Bipin Puri too had got both shots of the anti-Covid vaccine.
“Six persons working in the office of the KGMU vice-chancellor tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. All of them are on non-medical posts,” the doctor said.
He added that all of them had already been inoculated with both doses of the anti-Covid vaccine.
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