Chandigarh, April 21, 2020: In the Daily War Room meeting held today which was presided over by Governor of Punjab and Administrator Chandigarh, VP Singh Badnore, the issue of testing of mediapersons was taken up in light of 53 media persons in Mumbai and 9 in Jalandhar testing positive for coronavirus.
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The Administrator directed that a special camp be held exclusively for testing of media personnel to prevent any chance of infection.
He requested journalists that they should come forward and avail this facility and also download Aarogya Setu App.
The meeting was attended by Manoj Parida, Adviser, UT, Chandigarh and Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Raj Bhawan.
The Administrator also interacted with Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through video conferencing.