Sri Lankan students to leave for home

Phagwara, April 21

All 102 students of Sri Lanka, (70) staying on the LPU campus and 32 outside the campus will leave for Sri Lanka in a special plane on April 23 from Amritsar. This was stated by Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal while talking to The Tribune here on Tuesday evening.

She said these students were screened and treated by a team of doctors on Tuesday. LPU international affairs in- charge Aman Mittal also confirmed it and said the students would leave for Amritsar in special buses of the LPU from here.

Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon Kapurthala Jasmeet Bawa said Afzal Sheikh, the first Covid patient of the district, had been discharged after receiving two negative Covid reports and had been kept in confinement at the Sainik Rest House for 14 days.

The CMO said besides LPU student Nitu Chauhan was in a stable condition now, adding that the report of those who came in 162 high contacts of Nitu had also tested negative.

She said the Department of Health was developing a face protection shield in the war against coronavirus, everyone was performing his responsibility in one way or the other.

Dr Bawa said the Health Department had started conducting tests through rapid test kits. She said the lists of police personnel who were fighting against the virus would be called and their tests be conducted at the nearest government health centre. — OC