Faridkot: 40 corona tested negative including corona victim’s wife and child
Faridkot, April 7, 2020: Out of total 61 coronavirus samples sent for the lab test, 41 have been reported as negative including corona victim’s wife and child and the rest of the reports are still awaited.
Giving this information, Dr.Rajinder Kumar, Civil Surgeon Faridkot said, On April 2, one corona patient was detected and his report was received as positive on April 4.
Acting swiftly, the area of Harindera Nagar where the corona positive patient was living and contact tracing history was started. On the next day, 27 samples were sent to Amritsar lab. In the second phase, 20 more samples of the remaining contacts, which include 18 immediate contacts, were sent for testing, he said.
Civil Surgeon said, In all 45 samples of persons in contact with corona patient were sent for testing, apart from 14 of Tablighi Jammat and three of medical college.
He said, today reports of 40 tests have been received and all are negative and the remaining are pending. These negative tests include corona positive victim’s pregnant wife who was near to delivery, 7-year child and two maid servants. Among the pending tests, the important test of his mother is also pending.