Seven more of Baldev Singh’s family test positive for coronavirus in Nawanshahr

Aparna Banerji
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 22

Seven more people from Baldev Singh’s family have tested positive for coronavirus in Nawanshahr on Sunday.

Baldev Singh alone is now responsible for 14 positive cases to the state tally.

A containment plan similar to Pathlawa village has also been introduced at Chikka and Sujjon villages in Nawanshahr.

Those tested positive include Baldev Singh’s two close contacts at the Chikka village in Nawanshahr and five relatives – comprising grandchildren.

Previously, seven people – Baldev Singh, his three sons, daughter-in-law, daughter, and 17-year-old granddaughter were already tested positive on Saturday.

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While one of the associates of Baldev Singh at Chikka, along with his family had already been placed under isolation on the same day as the rest of the family, the grandchildren of Baldev Singh have been shifted to the Sujjon village, where at least eight members of the family have been placed in an isolation ward at the CHC Sujjon.

In all the 17 people whose sampling was carried out at Nawanshahr—14 have tested positive.

The administration and the health department are now working to introduce a containment plan at Sujjon and Chikka.

Deputy Commissioner, Vinay Bublani said: “We have cordoned off the Sujjon and Chikka villages and a containment plan is being set in place.”

While 17 members of Baldev Singh’s family stay at the residence Pathlawa village – those who had tested positive on Saturday, include Baldev Singh’s three sons as well as his 40-year-old daughter-in-law, 36-year-old daughter and 17-year-old granddaughter.

Of the 17 samples of Baldev’s family members and close associates taken by the Health Department, seven were taken on Thursday and 11 on Friday.