{"id":9503,"date":"2020-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2020-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9503","title":{"rendered":"Ompal Singh, school principal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ompal Singh \u2011 a principal at Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Delhi’s Kalyanpuri – succumbed to Covid-19 on June 11, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The principal was deputed at a meal distribution centre since the anti-coronavirus lockdown began.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fifty-seven-year-old Ompal Singh was admitted to GTB Hospital on June 5. The vice-principal of the school, Shyam Lal, said: “Other members of Singh’s family have also been admitted to hospitals. Today morning, however, his son tested negative so he came and performed the last rites.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Times of India<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Ompal Singh \u2011 a principal at Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Delhi’s Kalyanpuri – succumbed to Covid-19 on June 11, 2020. The principal was deputed at a meal distribution centre since the anti-coronavirus lockdown began. Fifty-seven-year-old Ompal Singh was admitted to GTB Hospital on June 5. The vice-principal of the school, Shyam Lal, said: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3,6698,7019],"tags":[1051,114,5746,113,792,6710,6709,7951,6224,7953,7952,985,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/principal.jpeg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10296,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10296","url_meta":{"origin":9503,"position":0},"title":"Thomas Moore, school principal","date":"July 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Thomas Moore, the former longtime principal of Perry Middle School, died on July 6, 2020, after a battle with COVID-19. 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