Mohali woman tests positive for coronavirus; total cases in Punjab 3

Chandigarh, March 20

A 69-year-old woman, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, has tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in Punjab to three, an official said on Friday.

“The woman, a resident of Mohali, has tested (positive) for coronavirus,” Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan told PTI.

“She had returned from the UK,” he added.

Her samples were tested at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, the official said, adding that she would now be admitted to a hospital.

“Samples of her two more family members will be taken for testing,” he said.

One of the two earlier COVID-19 patients in Punjab has died. PTI

6 villages in Garhshankar sealed because of coronavirus

Six villages in Garhshankar were sealed on Friday because of coronavirus. Section 144 was imposed in Moranwali, Binjon, Aima Muglan, Aima Jattan, Possi and Sooni villages of the area.

It is a case of community spread as a suspect from Moranwali village was a priest in the same dera at Pathlawa village where a man had died two days ago.

In Moranwali, the dera priest and his family also showed symptoms of coronavirus infection.

Two doctors from PHC Moranwali and their families also quarantined after they showed symptoms of fever and cough.