Mani Majra man tests +ve, Chandigarh, Panchkula pass the buck over count

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 7

Two city residents have tested positive for Covid today.

Interestingly, the details of one of the patients, who is from Modern Housing Complex in Mani Majra, have not been recorded either in Chandigarh or Panchkula.

As per the official media bulletin of the UT, there are 314 Covid cases, excluding the Mani Majra case, where a 45-year-old man has tested positive. UT officials said the patient was sampled and admitted to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula, so the case should be counted in Panchkula.

Panchkula Chief Medical Officer Jasjit Kaur said, “We can’t deny health services to anyone who comes to us. There are so many patients coming from Dhakoli and Zirakpur. We have to go beyond numbers. The UT has to take the responsibility as the case cropped up there. We have admitted patients from other states as well, but that doesn’t mean the cases will be counted in Panchkula.”

The patient’s two family contacts have been sampled at the GMSH-16. Around 30 persons have been put under home-quarantine. The man runs a computer shop with 8-10 workers in Sector 20. Sources said he had been operating his shop for several days.

Meanwhile, a CISF constable, who is posted at the Punjab Civil Secretariat, also tested positive for Covid. He is a resident of Daria village. He had last attended his duty on May 31 and developed fever and tonsils the next day. He said, “I was under home-quarantine. I had also visited the GMSH-16 on June 2, but I was sent back after being prescribed medication.” The 33-year-old constable said, “As the fever didn’t come down, I decided to visit the hospital again on June 6 for medicines. The doctors then recommended a Covid test as fever persisted for more than four days. Today morning, I tested positive for the virus.”

He said, “I was not mentally prepared at all as I had gone to collect only medicines. I took all precautions at work, but can’t figure out where I contracted the infection from.”

He was deployed as a security guard at the entrance of the Punjab Civil Secretariat, Sector 1. His 21 contacts in Daria were put under home-quarantine, said UT officials. His two family members have been sampled.