In Ferozepur, 91 percent Covid-19 samples tested negative, 43 positive discharged on recovery
Ferozepur, May 31, 2020: Presently there is not even a single positive case in the Civil Hospital as all the 43 persons tested positive have since been discharged on recovery.
Divulging more, Civil Surgeon, Ferozepur informed that so far 3,064 samples for Covid-19 test were taken, out of 2,811 have been reported as negative and 43 tested positive were kept in Isolation Ward and later on, discharged on recovery. However, results of 118 samples, including 92 repeated samples are pending with the lab. He said presently there is no positive case in the hospital. There was however, only one death in the district.
Making an appeal to the people in the district, he said, there is no need to be panicky in this hour of crisis as all adequate arrangements have been made by the district administration to fight with the war against coronavirus.
He said, the people can win over the pandemic virus by adopting few principles like keeping social distancing, not to move out without any specific and emergent work that too by wearing the masks and frequenting washing your hands, using sanitizers and maintaining hygiene around the place of your stay.