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Principal Secy to Chandigarh Administrator tests positive for coronavirus

GMSH team tests staff at Punjab Bhavan
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Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 9

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The Principal Secretary to Chandigarh Administrator tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. He has been home quarantined.

After JM Balamurugan tested positive, a Government Multi Specialty Hospital-16 (GMSH-16) tested staff at Punjab Bhawan for the contagion.

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The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore has tested negative.

According to the official spokesperson of Punjab Raj Bhawan, a two-day Covid testing exercise with Rapid Antigen Test was carried out at Raj Bhawan in which total 336 persons including security personnel, officers and staff members were tested for Covid-19. Besides Balamurugan, four others were found to be asymptomatic positive.

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All precautions, including sanitisation of the entire Raj Bhawan and safeguarding the official premises, have been taken as per the health advisories, protocol and doctors’ advice.

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