17 more Nanded pilgrims test +ve

PK Jaiswar

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 1

With 17 more Nanded returnees tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the total number of infected pilgrims has risen to 93. Besides, the test reports of a lab assistant posted at the Community Health Centre at Lopoke also came positive.

Dr Jugal Kishore, Civil Surgeon, has confirmed the development. The total number of infected pilgrims has been pegged at 93. With 14 previous cases, the total count of the holy city stands at 108, including the lab assistant, he said.

According to information, the Health Department had taken the samples of health staff working at the CHC at Lopoke. Of them, the reports of the lab assistant came positive. He was admitted in the isolation ward of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. The Health Department was now preparing the list of those persons who came in contact with him so that they could be quarantined for avoiding the further spread of the virus.

The district administration has received a total of 600 returnees from other states. The samples of all of them were sent for testing.

Meanwhile, the final report of the 25-year-old Tarn Taran woman came negative. As per the latest information, she was admitted at the CHC in Sursing village on the same day of her delivery on April 25 when the pilgrims were screened after their arrival from Hazur Sahib. The Health Department also confirmed that the samples of the newborn baby, which were sent to the lab of Government Medical College, Amritsar, came negative.

As per the daily bulletin issued by the government, there was no new case of Covid-19 reported in Tarn Taran district. On Thursday, as many as 14 pilgrims were declared positive for the virus.