Patiala trader +ve, visited many towns

Tribune News Service

Patiala, April 16

The district recorded its seventh positive case when a close contact of the social worker tested positive on Thursday evening.

The social worker tested positive on Tuesday. The Health Department said the new patient along with the social worker had visited Zirakpur and other towns of the state for some business-related work during the lockdown.

The department said the patient had been shifted to the isolation ward of Government Rajindra Hospital late on Thursday night.

His three family members — wife and two children — have also been shifted to the ward and their samples were taken.

Sources informed the positive patient ran a book shop in a congested area in Patiala. Civil Surgeon said both had visited many parts of the state during the lockdown. He said, “They went to Zirakpur and Panchkula for business even during the lockdown.”

Meanwhile, the civil surgeon requested the people not to violate curfew and follow the guidelines.