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Dr Rajendra Kapila, an infectious disease expert at New Jersey’s Rutgers University (ABC6 News)
An American doctor who died of Covid-19 after travelling to India to care for family members was fully vaccinated with two Pfizer-BioNTech shots, his wife has reportedly confirmed.
Dr Rajendra Kapila, an infectious disease expert at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, died in a New Delhi hospital on 28 April aged 81,
Quoting his widow, Dr Deepti Saxena-Kapila, the paper reported Mr Kapila had received both doses of the vaccine in the US before the couple travelled to India in the last week of March.
Dr. Rajendra Kapila of Rutgers Dies in India Prompting COVID Conspiracies What We Know
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Dr. Rajendra Kapila, a distinguished infectious diseases expert who taught at New Jersey s Rutgers University, died with COVID-19 in India in April. As conspiracy theories surrounding the circumstances of Kapila s passing are spreading online, here is what we know and what is still unclear.
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Hindustan Times reported Kapila died in a New Delhi hospital on April 28 at age 81, after returning to India with his wife in late March. He was reportedly meant to fly back to the U.S. by the second week of April, but had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 8.
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Some Universities Are Now Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for All Students and Faculty
Attending college in person may require vaccination at many privately owned institutions of higher learning.
As the spring semester comes to a close, colleges and universities are releasing plans for a safe reopening in the fall. Three prominent institutes of higher learning announced plans to require Covid-19 vaccines for all students and staff.
On March 25, New Jersey’s Rutgers University was first with an appropriately titled announcement “Our path forward.” The administration laid out plans for mandatory student Covid-19 vaccination. Faculty vaccinations are “strongly encouraged.”
Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, released its fall semester vaccine guidelines requiring students to upload proof of vaccination through the Fort Lewis App prior to enrollment.
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