4 die in Abohar, Rozgar Mela postponed

Abohar, April 20

Four more deaths due to Covid infection were reported here today. With this, the death toll in the past 14 days has gone up to nine. As many as 170 people in Fazilka district today tested positive of which 71 belong to Abohar.

The Education Department had closed schools till April 30 but teaching and non-teaching staff was directed to attend schools on all working days to give the enrollment drive a boost. Health Department sources said two teachers, one each in Government Senior Secondary Girls School here and Government Sr Sec School, Gobindgarh village, have also been found positive but other staff is yet to be vaccinated. About 12 health workers have also tested positive for the virus. No schedule to give first dose to teachers has been finalised as of now.

In the wake of unprecedented resurgence of the pandemic, Deputy Commissioner Arvind Pal Singh Sandhu announced that the “Rozgar Mela” to be held in Abohar on April 23, Fazilka on April 28 and Jalalabad on April 30 have been postponed and new dates would be decided later. As people were thronging for Covid tests at Civil Hospital, NGOs decided to organise separate camps for vaccination. — OC

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