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Two coronavirus patients test positive again in Ludhiana
A Tablighi Jamaat follower and son of the first Covid-19 casualty of the city, were found positive in the revised test on Monday
Samples of a Tablighi Jamaat follower, and the son of Ludhiana’s first Covid-19 casualty were found positive in the revised test on Monday.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said duo are asymptomatic but their is being monitored and their samples will be sent again. During the day, the health department team also collected samples of the primary contacts of block development and panchayat officer, who was recently found positive for the virus, days after her mother, the district mandi official, had tested positive.
Meanwhile, a couple was also found Covid-19 positive in Central Town.
MUSIC THERAPY TO BOOST SUSPECTED PATIENTS’ MORALE
In a bid to boost the morale of suspected patients lodged in the isolation ward of the Ludhiana civil hospital, health authorities introduced music therapy. In a video released by the health department, hospital staff wearing PPE suits and seen tapping their foot to the latest Punjabi numbers.
THEFT ACCUSED SHIFTED TO ISOLATION
On the other hand, no one came to take Saurav Sehgal, a theft accused who was found positive for the virus and has now recovered from the ailment. The health department and police contacted his family again and urged them to take Saurav from the hospital, but their efforts bore no fruit as his kin even refused to visit the hospital stating that they have snapped all ties with him. Saurav was caught on the charges of theft on April 6 and later found to be Covid-19 positive.
Besides, the municipal corporation (MC) carried out screening of around 1,000 sweepers in Zones A and C. MC health officer Dr Jasvir Kaur said that during the screening, none of the sweepers showed any symptoms of the virus. The screening drive will continue on Tuesday, she said.
1,800 TESTED SO FAR
Deputy commissioner Pradeep Agrawal said that till Sunday, 1,839 samples had been collected in the district out of which reports of 1,505 have been received and 1,484 samples have tested negative. “Of the total samples, 21 were found positive, including 18 from Ludhiana and three from other districts,” he said, adding that five people have lost their lives, while seven patients (six from Ludhiana and one from Jalandhar) have fully recovered so far.
