Four migrants tested +ve in Phagwara block

Our Correspondent

Phagwara, June 7

Four labourers, who came to work in fields in Myopatti village in the Phagwara block, have tested positive for Covid-19. The Health Department has started tracing of contacts of the labourers.

According to Senior Medical Officer (SMO), Phagwara, six persons had came here from Moradabad on June 2 to plant paddy. After which, as soon as the Health Department received the information, they were isolated in a house and their samples were collected, out of which four reports came positive today and two were found to be negative.

According to health sources, these include a 33-year-old woman, a 40-year-old man, a 20-year-old man and a 15-year-old person. The Chief Medical Offcier said the Covid-19 positive people were being sent to the isolation centre in Kapurthala and their two other negative co-workers were also being kept in home quarantine for 14 days. According to a source, the men had came from UP to work here and were scheduled to leave on Monday but now the situation had become clear due to the report.

When contacted, MO, Dr Raghbir said these persons were on the outskirts of the village and as per the information received on the spot, they have not came in contact with anyone so far but the Health Department are investigating the matter. He appealed to the people not to be panic at all but to be aware of it.