Former UWI professor is Jamaica's sixth COVID death
Published:Monday | April 20, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Chief Medical Officer Dr Jaquiline Bisasor McKenzie has confirmed Jamaica's sixth COVID-related death.
Tara Dasgupta, lectured at the University of the West Indies, Mona and was Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry.
He had been on retirement.
It is reported that had a recent travel history.
Bisasor McKenzie said she was saddened by his passing.
At a COVID digital press conference at Jamaica House, she revealed that she was once a student of the lecturer.
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