A day after his Cabinet colleague Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa tested positive for COVID-19, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged all ministers, as well as MLAs and department secretaries, to get themselves tested for the coronavirus.
The Chief Minister, who also underwent the COVID-19 test, was found to be negative, said an official spokesperson.
As per the available information, two other ministers — Sukhjinder Randhawa and Aruna Chowdhary — had also got themselves tested on Wednesday, while some had undergone the test a day before. Besides, two Congress MLAs also went in for testing, and their results are awaited.
Capt Amarinder, during the Cabinet meeting, said that all the Ministers and officials in various departments, especially who might have come in contact with the IAS or PCS officers who had been infected with the coronavirus, should get themselves tested.
“Bajwa is doing well,” he informed the meeting, reiterating the need for extreme caution by all the Ministers and others engaged in any kind of public dealing.
Capt Amarinder has, in fact, been calling upon all the people of Punjab to go for testing at the first sign of symptom or suspicion of COVID-19 infection.
Early detection is the way to beat the disease and check fatalities, he has stressed.
Till the filing of this report, the result of the samples given by the Ministers and MLAs are awaited.