Two people test positive for Covid-19 in Bathinda, Ferozepur

One of the patients had returned from Ahmadabad, while the second patient, a 27-year-old woman is pregnant

Two people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bathinda and Ferozepur on Saturday.

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Bathinda civil surgeon Dr Amrik Sandhu said a 32-year person, who had recently returned from Ahmedabad, and had been quarantine at home since had tested positive.

The patient had come into contact with a staffer at the local civil hospital and efforts are on to trace other contacts, Sandhu said. The patient is treated at the isolation facility.

In the second case, a 27-year-old pregnant woman tested positive at Ferozepur’s Talwandi Bhai town. A spokesperson of the district administration said health authorities were trying to ascertain her primary contacts. She is being treated at the isolation centre in Ferozepur district.

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