Testing begins in border area

Fazilka, May 22

Vaccination and testing have begun in a cluster of border villages falling across the Sutlej in Fazilka district.

Official sources said teams of the Health Department were today rushed to the villages to conduct testing and vaccination after The Tribune highlighted lack of adequate health facilities in these columns.

Fazilka SDM Keshav Goyal said 75 samples were taken from border villages of Mahatam Nagar, Nawan Hasta and Teja Rohela, while 56 samples were collected from Mohar Khiva, Mohar Sona and Mauzam villages. Two persons tested positive for Covid. The SDM claimed two teams were also dispatched to the villages for vaccination, but no one turned up. — OC