In view of the new strain of COVID-19 detected in the United Kingdom, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Wednesday directed the UT Director Health Services to create a separate isolation ward for persons returning from foreign and found positive for COVID-19.
During the review meeting on COVID-19 situation in the city, the Governor directed Principal Secretary Health and Director General of Police to keep a track of eight travelers from the UK, who have been found positive at Amritsar. He suggested that PGIMER may also examine their cases.
Regarding the proposal to impose night curfew in the city, it was decided to wait and watch the situation for a few more days before taking a final call on the matter. During the meeting, it was informed that 33,851 challans have been issued against the persons violating COVID protocol in the city.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh on Wednesday reported one COVID-19 related fatality as 82 fresh positive cases were detected. According to the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin, the death toll reached 313 while the total case tally was recorded at 19266.
There were 369 active cases in the city till the evening. 76 patients recovered in the past 24 hours pushing the total number of recoveries to 18584, the bulletin said. Till now, 1.72 lakh samples have been tested in the city and 1538 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.