Principal killed in Covid battle

Ahmedabad: Covid-19 claimed the life of a government school employee on Thursday at Asarwa Civil Hospital. A press release by Municipal School Board member Illyas Qureshi says, “Mohammad Yasin Shaikh was the principal of Shahpur Urdu School Number 5. He had been surveying homes in hotspot areas in connection with the mid-day meal benefit scheme.” Another school principal, Irfan Sheikh, 32, principal of Naroda-Kubernagar Municipal School has been on a ventilator since April 23. Two other municipal school teachers, Geeta Bosiya and Rashida Bisalpurwala of Shahpur School, have also tested positive.

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