About 100 Sikh Pilgrims from Punjab That Visited Pakistan for Baisakhi Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 8 months ago

About 100 Sikh Pilgrims from Punjab That Visited Pakistan for Baisakhi Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Setting off alarm bells at the local health administration, about 100 pilgrims from Punjab who were part of the Jatha to Pakistan for celebrating Baisakhi have tested positive for Coronavirus. Over 800 pilgrims had travelled to Pakistan on April 12 as part of the jathas representing various Sikh organisations including SGPC to celebrate Baisakhi. The pilgrims were granted a 10- day visa by the Pakistan High Commission and were allowed to visit various Sikh shrines besides attending the main event that was held at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal on April 14. They had also visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur shrine and took out nagar kirtan from Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal district in Pakistan to the Zero Line sharing the border of Dera Baba Nanak on Indian Side.

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Sikh pilgrims depart for Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi
1 year, 9 months ago

Sikh pilgrims depart for Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi

Firstpost  

Besides the SGPC, Sikh devotees Amritsar: A ‘jatha’ of Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan to participate in a religious congregation to be organised on Khalsa Sajna Diwas at Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib. SGPC secretary Partap Singh said this ‘jatha’ has departed to participate in the main congregation of Khalsa Sajna Diwas to be organised at Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib. He …

Bodh Gaya: Five foreigners test positive for COVID-19 at the airport
2 years ago

Bodh Gaya: Five foreigners test positive for COVID-19 at the airport

Live Mint  

Five foreign nationals, four of them from Thailand and one from Myanmar, have tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Bihar on a pilgrimage, an official said on Monday to news agency PTI. The foreign nationals who came to attend the religious preaching of Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama at Gaya.The testing for Covid-19 is being carried out at the …

Fewer international passengers test positive
2 years, 9 months ago

Fewer international passengers test positive

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai Data from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation shows a decline in the number of international passengers testing positive for Covid at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. However, with the resumption of all international flights after two years and a large-scale outbreak of Covid infections in some countries, city doctors have recommended continuation of stringent surveillance of international passengers at the …

In 2 Weeks, Over 250 Doctors, Paramedics Test Positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir
2 years, 11 months ago

In 2 Weeks, Over 250 Doctors, Paramedics Test Positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir

News 18  

At least 250 doctors and paramedics of various hospitals across Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last fortnight, an official said on Saturday. Over 250 doctors and paramedics of Government Medical College Srinagar and its associated hospitals tested positive for COVID-19 in last 15 days, professor and head of department, community medicine, GMC Srinagar, Dr Salim Khan said. …

J&K administration issues fresh COVID-19 guidelines for devotees visiting Mata Vaishno Devi; check details here
3 years, 2 months ago

J&K administration issues fresh COVID-19 guidelines for devotees visiting Mata Vaishno Devi; check details here

Firstpost  

The committee announced that pilgrims must carry a valid and verifiable RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen Test, not older than 72 hours, along with them while visiting the shrine To prevent and control the COVID-19 spread, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has issued fresh guidelines for pilgrims visiting the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Post the meeting, the committee announced that …

Undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR test on returning to Mumbai after Ganpati festival: BMC
3 years, 3 months ago

Undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR test on returning to Mumbai after Ganpati festival: BMC

India TV News  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has asked people to undergo COVID-19 test on returning to the city from their hometowns after the Ganpati festival, as a precautionary measure, an official said on Saturday. The civic body has set up 266 centres offering free RT-PCR tests to people who have returned to Mumbai after celebrating Ganpati festival, additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani …

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib from next month
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib from next month

Firstpost  

Pilgrimage to the gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Pakistan has decided to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur from next month with strict COVID-19 protocols, ahead of the 482nd death anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev on September 22, media reports said on Sunday. The decision to open the …

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib

Deccan Chronicle  

Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur from next month with strict COVID-19 protocols, ahead of the 482nd death anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev on September 22, media reports said on Sunday. The decision to open the Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday …

Pakistan to let fully vaccinated pilgrims visit Kartarpur Sahib next month
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan to let fully vaccinated pilgrims visit Kartarpur Sahib next month

Live Mint  

Pakistan has decided to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur from next month with strict Covid-19 protocols, ahead of the 482nd death anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev on September 22, media reports said on Sunday. The decision to open the Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday due …

Delhi: 40 people from Manipur test positive for COVID-19 day before their flight to Israel
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: 40 people from Manipur test positive for COVID-19 day before their flight to Israel

India TV News  

As many as 40 members, including two children of the Bnei Menashe Jews Community from Manipur, were tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi, just a day before boarding their flight to Israel on Monday. All the patients have been admitted to the Guru Tegh Bahadur COVID Care Center President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management committee Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, "There …

Pakistan asks 12 IHC officials, families to quarantine after one of them tests Covid positive
3 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan asks 12 IHC officials, families to quarantine after one of them tests Covid positive

India TV News  

Pakistan has asked 12 officials of the Indian High Commission here to quarantine, along with their family members and drivers, after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus since their arrival from India last week, the Foreign Office said. A group of 12 officials and their family members crossed over to Pakistan through the Wagah Border on Saturday, Foreign …

Entire rural population of Punjab will undergo rapid test for COVID: Health minister
3 years, 7 months ago

Entire rural population of Punjab will undergo rapid test for COVID: Health minister

India TV News  

The entire rural population of Punjab will undergo Rapid Antigen Test as COVID-19 positivity rate in the state's villages is rising at an alarming rate, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Wednesday. Under 'Mission Fateh 2', additional deputy commissioners have been nominated as nodal officers of their respective districts to conduct RAT on the rural population, it said. An …

Covid Test Mandatory for Karnataka Pilgrims Returning from Kumbh Mela, Says Health Minister
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid Test Mandatory for Karnataka Pilgrims Returning from Kumbh Mela, Says Health Minister

News 18  

Covid test would be mandatory for all Karnataka pilgrims returning from Kumbh mela at Uttarkhand’s Haridwar, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar announced on Thursday. “Pilgrims returning to the state after taking part in the holy Kumbh mela at Haridwar must self-isolate at their home for a week and take an RT-PCR test,” said Sudhakar in a tweet in Kannada, tagging …

437 Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi
3 years, 8 months ago

437 Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi

Live Mint  

A total of 437 people have been granted permission to visit Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi at the historic gurdwaras of the neighbouring country, including the Nankana Sahib. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee secretary Mohinder Singh Ahli said that 437 people have been granted permission to visit Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi. Passports were distributed on Sunday in the …

437 Sikh pilgrims granted permission to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi
3 years, 8 months ago

437 Sikh pilgrims granted permission to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the top body of the Sikh community, said on Sunday more than 400 pilgrims have been allowed to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi by the ministry of external affairs. “Four hundred and thirty-seven people have been granted permission to visit Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi,” SGPC secretary Mohinder Singh Ahli told news agency ANI. For …

Don’t Hassle Mahakumbh Pilgrims Over Covid-19 Test: Shankaracharya Tells Uttarakhand Govt
3 years, 9 months ago

Don’t Hassle Mahakumbh Pilgrims Over Covid-19 Test: Shankaracharya Tells Uttarakhand Govt

News 18  

The government of Uttarakhand has issued strict guidelines to stop the spread of coronavirus during the Mahakumbh Mela in Haridwar. The state government has made it mandatory for the devotees to bring their Covid-19 test reports, issued 72 hours before to participate in the pilgrimage. According to Shankaracharya, the Mahakumbh, which takes place after 12 years, is a unique event …

Covid-19 second wave: Implement test-track-treat and ensure priority vaccination, Centre tells Punjab
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 second wave: Implement test-track-treat and ensure priority vaccination, Centre tells Punjab

India Today  

With Punjab reporting a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, the Centre has asked the state government as well as Chandigarh administration to implement the test-track-treat strategy effectively, ramp up testing till the positivity rate is below five per cent and to ensure priority vaccination of those who are eligible in badly affected districts. Punjab has reported an average of around …

Coronavirus | Centre warns of ‘upsurge’ following Kumbh Mela at Haridwar
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre warns of ‘upsurge’ following Kumbh Mela at Haridwar

The Hindu  

A team of the Health Ministry has reported that nearly 10-20 pilgrims and 10-20 locals at the Kumbh Mela, ongoing in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, are being reported positive every day. This assumes significance given Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, stating that a negative COVID-19 test wouldn’t be a requirement for those intending to visit Haridwar. The Uttarakhand government had also …

Two Dubai returnees tested positive to UK strain in Jagtial
3 years, 10 months ago

Two Dubai returnees tested positive to UK strain in Jagtial

Deccan Chronicle  

Jagtial: Two Dubai returnees of Jagtial district were tested positive to the UK strain of Covid-19. On Friday, the health officials held a medical camp in Muthyampet village and did the rapid antigen tests on the family members and others who came in contact with the Dubai returnee. District medical and health officer P Sridhar suspects the two might have …

MHA Denies Permission to 600 Sikh Pilgrims Planning to Visit Pakistan; Cites Security, Covid-19 Situation There
3 years, 10 months ago

MHA Denies Permission to 600 Sikh Pilgrims Planning to Visit Pakistan; Cites Security, Covid-19 Situation There

News 18  

The Union Home Ministry Thursday denied permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims intending to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan citing the security and COVID-19 situation in that country, officials said. In a communication to the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the home ministry said that the security situation in Pakistan continues to be adverse and there is a threat to Indian citizens in …

11 foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in Jamshedpur amid scare over mutant variant
4 years ago

11 foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in Jamshedpur amid scare over mutant variant

Hindustan Times  

Jamshedpur was on the edge after 12 persons, including 11 foreign nationals, tested positive for Covid-19 positive on Thursday amid scare of new strain of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom, officials said. “11 foreigners staying in the Fortune Centre Point Hotel here under Bistupur police station and a staff of the hotel tested Covid-19 positive here this evening. These …

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs
4 years ago

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs

Firstpost  

India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,01,46,845 on Friday with 23,067 new infections being reported in a day, while the total recoveries crossed 97 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data Several states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Assam reported UK returnees among new COVID-19 positive cases amid a countrywide effort to trace, isolate and curb the spread of a …

Eleven UK arrivals in Delhi found COVID-19 positive, health secy reviews status; Karnataka announces night curfew
4 years ago

Eleven UK arrivals in Delhi found COVID-19 positive, health secy reviews status; Karnataka announces night curfew

Firstpost  

The government had on Monday directed that all passengers coming from the UK on arrival at Indian airports should be tested main concerns over coronavirus strain spreading in Britain Ahead of the festive season, Karnataka on Wednesday became the second state after Maharashtra to announce night curfew amid concerns over a new mutation of the coronavirus which is spreading in …

Uttarakhand HC directs state govt to file affidavit on Covid-19 preparedness for Mahakumbh 2021
4 years, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand HC directs state govt to file affidavit on Covid-19 preparedness for Mahakumbh 2021

Hindustan Times  

With a large number of pilgrims expected to participate in Mahakumbh 2021, Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to file an affidavit before it by December 2 regarding preparations and additional measures taken to check Covid-19 spread during Mahakumbh. The PILs have been filed by Sachdanand Dabral, Dushyant Mainali, and Rajendra Arya related to various issues regarding the …

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav tests coronavirus positive
4 years, 2 months ago

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav tests coronavirus positive

Live Mint  

Samajwadi Party patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. "Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for COVID-19, and is being monitored by doctors. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday reported 41 fresh coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, pushing the death toll to 6,507, while 2,778 fresh cases …

Faulty tests, poor contact tracing: COVID-19 fight in Kashmir faces myriad stumbling blocks
4 years, 4 months ago

Faulty tests, poor contact tracing: COVID-19 fight in Kashmir faces myriad stumbling blocks

Firstpost  

Officials who have been testing the coronavirus samples of patients in different hospitals said in Kashmir that the staff was not fully trained to test the patients. The COVID-19 positive cases in Kashmir have remained significantly unreported as the hospitals in Srinagar refuse to admit patients while the health workers have not been able to test the contacts of positive …

80% of patients detected at ‘early stage’, helps prevent deaths: Punjab govt
4 years, 4 months ago

80% of patients detected at ‘early stage’, helps prevent deaths: Punjab govt

Hindustan Times  

Early identification of Covid-19 infection through timely testing has played a pivotal role in Punjab’s strategy to fight the pandemic, the state government has claimed. Till September 3, Punjab has reported 58,515 cases of covid-19, of which 41,271 have recovered. “Over 80% of coronavirus patients in Punjab were detected during a median period of 2–6 days after the infection, when …

Seven more Pakistan players test positive for COVID-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Seven more Pakistan players test positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed that seven more players have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total tally to 10. The players and player support personnel, who have tested negative, will assemble in a bio-secure environment in Lahore on June 24 and will undergo second round of testing on June 25. The players and player support personnel, who …

7 more Pakistan cricketers test positive for Covid-19 ahead of England tour
4 years, 6 months ago

7 more Pakistan cricketers test positive for Covid-19 ahead of England tour

India Today  

In more bad news for Pakistan criket, 7 more of their cricketers have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of their tour of England. PCB also said that players and player support personnel, who have tested negative, will assemble in a bio-secure environment in Lahore on 24 June and will undergo second round of testing on 25 June. "The recent positive …

Police launches manhunt for 4 missing persons who tested positive for coronavirus in Nanded
4 years, 8 months ago

Police launches manhunt for 4 missing persons who tested positive for coronavirus in Nanded

Op India  

A search has been launched in the Nanded district of Maharashtra to determine the whereabouts of four people who are reportedly absconding after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Monday. pic.twitter.com/h4YMzBUYWp — TIMES NOW May 4, 2020 According to the reports, the missing persons belong to a batch of 20 from Langar Sahib, part of the Takht …

Punjab govt hits out at Ashok Chavan after he accuses drivers of infecting Nanded Sikh pilgrims
4 years, 8 months ago

Punjab govt hits out at Ashok Chavan after he accuses drivers of infecting Nanded Sikh pilgrims

India TV News  

Taking an exception to the remarks of Maharashtra’s Public Works Department minister Ashok Chavan, the Punjab state government on Monday denied the allegation that drivers who ferried the Sikh pilgrims from Nanded to Punjab were residents of the northern state. “Punjab Government today vehemently refuted statement given by Mr Ashok Chavan, PWD Minister, Maharashtra in which he claimed that drivers …

Sikh pilgrims test positive for coronavirus, India Today attempts to draw a parallel to Tablighi Jamaat superspreaders: Here is why they are wrong
4 years, 8 months ago

Sikh pilgrims test positive for coronavirus, India Today attempts to draw a parallel to Tablighi Jamaat superspreaders: Here is why they are wrong

Op India  

A raft of Sikh pilgrims who had travelled from Punjab to pay their obeisance found themselves cooped up in the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded after PM Modi’s enforced a nationwide lockdown from March 25 in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. However, the alarming rise of coronavirus cases among Sikh pilgrims have provided an opportunity for …

ABP E-Shikhar Sammelan: 'Punjab Corona Outbreak Due To Low Testing Rate, Mismanagement Of Nanded Pilgrims,' Says Sukhbir Badal
4 years, 8 months ago

ABP E-Shikhar Sammelan: 'Punjab Corona Outbreak Due To Low Testing Rate, Mismanagement Of Nanded Pilgrims,' Says Sukhbir Badal

ABP News  

New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday blamed the ‘mismanagement’ by the Punjab government for the rapid surge in the number of Coronavirus cases in the state, after the return of pilgrims from Maharashtra’s Nanded. When questioned over SAD’s demand from the Amarinder Singh government of bringing back the pilgrims stuck in Maharashtra’s Nanded during their …

167 pilgrims, who returned to Punjab from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra, test COVID-19 positive
4 years, 8 months ago

167 pilgrims, who returned to Punjab from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra, test COVID-19 positive

India TV News  

Over 500-pilgrims who were tested for possible coronavirus exposure in Punjab after they returned from Maharashtra's Hazur Sahib in Nanded, 167 of them have tested positive for COVID-19, as per reports. There were over 4,000 pilgrims who were stuck in Hazur Sahib in Nanded since March when lockdown was imposed in the country. The Hazur Sahib Gurudwara in Maharashtra's Nanded …

23 Nanded pilgrims test Covid-19 positive, dist tally up by 164% in a day
4 years, 8 months ago

23 Nanded pilgrims test Covid-19 positive, dist tally up by 164% in a day

Hindustan Times  

Twenty-three persons from the district tested positive for Covid-19 at Amritsar’s Government Medical College here on Thursday. All of them were pilgrims returning from Takht Sri Huzur Sahib in Nanded, a historic Sikh shrine in Maharashtra, health department spokesperson for Covid-19, Dr Rajesh Bhaskar, confirmed. The pilgrims had reached Amritsar three days ago and were quarantined at the government’s centre. …

Delhi: 31 of extended family test positive for Covid-19 in Jahangirpuri
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi: 31 of extended family test positive for Covid-19 in Jahangirpuri

India Today  

Thirty-one members of an extended family, including children, residing in north Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Saturday. A woman from the minority community, living in Jahangirpuri died on April 8, and her coronavirus test came positive on April 10, another senior official said. "Twenty-six of the extended family members of the woman tested positive …

Pakistan: Nine Tablighi Jamaat activists test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan: Nine Tablighi Jamaat activists test positive for coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Islamabad: At least nine Tablighi Jamaat activists have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan's Punjab province, taking the total infections to 6,506 in the country, according to a media report on Thursday. Two weeks back, 198 Tablighi Jamaat workers were quarantined in Pakpattan and nine of them have tested positive, Dawn newspaper reported. Similarly six other preachers …

Coronavirus Outbreak: At least 9 Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan's Punjab province
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: At least 9 Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan's Punjab province

Firstpost  

At least nine Tableeghi Jamaat activists have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan’s Punjab province, taking the total infections to 6,506 in the country, according to a media report on Thursday. Islamabad: At least nine Tablighi Jamaat activists have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan’s Punjab province, taking the total infections to 6,506 in …

COVID-19 | Punjab registers a death, eight new cases
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Punjab registers a death, eight new cases

The Hindu  

Another Covid -19 death was reported in Punjab on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the State to eight, according to an official statement. According to the health department, a patient from Amritsar died on April 7, while eight fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported, taking the tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases to 99, it added. Meanwhile, Punjab government has …

Four Mumbai men test positive for Covid-19 in Punjab’s Moga district
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Mumbai men test positive for Covid-19 in Punjab’s Moga district

Hindustan Times  

MOGA: Four residents of Andheri in Mumbai, who had recently travelled to Punjab via Delhi, tested positive for coronavirus disease on Tuesday. “We had quarantined 13 people staying in a mosque at Chida village as 12 of them have travelled from Andheri to Moga via Delhi and stayed at many places in the state, including Bathinda and Faridkot districts. Dr …

Punjab Man who attended Christian Missionary event tests Corona positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Punjab Man who attended Christian Missionary event tests Corona positive

Op India  

The husband of a sarpanch in Ropar, Punjab has tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus. The foreign doctors even held prayers for every patient.” Special Chief Secretary of Punjab, KBS Sidhu, said on Twitter on the 3rd of April that district administration was in contact with Pastor Randeep who he said brought 20 foreign nationals to the village. All of …

Coronavirus outbreak | 9,000 with Tablighi Jamaat link sent into quarantine
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak | 9,000 with Tablighi Jamaat link sent into quarantine

The Hindu  

At least 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat workers and their primary contacts have been quarantined across the country after the sect’s headquarters in Nizamuddin, New Delhi, emerged as a hotspot of novel coronavirus, the government said on Thursday. The number in Delhi alone stood at 182 on Thursday, when 129 more people from the centre tested positive and two died. A total …

Punjab: 3 more test positive for coronavirus in Mohali, Jagatpura; tally rises to 44
4 years, 9 months ago

Punjab: 3 more test positive for coronavirus in Mohali, Jagatpura; tally rises to 44

India TV News  

Three more tested positive in Punjab on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 44, officials said. Both Mohali residents are relatives of an NRI couple of Chandigarh, who was recently tested diagnosed positive. "Three more positive cases in the district -- close contacts of Chandigarh positive cases. ALSO READ | 8 new coronavirus positive cases emerge in Ahmedabad; …

Tablighi congregation triggers Covid-19 cases in Pakistan
4 years, 9 months ago

Tablighi congregation triggers Covid-19 cases in Pakistan

India Today  

In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Pakistan is facing a massive struggle in tracking infected people in the country after hundreds tested positive after attending a religious congregation earlier this month. As per Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Provincial Health Minister for Punjab province, majority of the cases reported in the province have been from the pilgrims who returned from …

Search on for contacts of 8 people tested positive for COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Search on for contacts of 8 people tested positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

After eight people, who attended a religious congregation at a mosque in Nizamuddin in New Delhi, were tested positive for COVID-19, the authorities in Delhi are looking for people who were part of the congregation. In another case, a 52-year-old returned to his town Guntur after attending a religious congregation at the mosque in Nizamuddin and was tested positive for …

India quarantines 15,000 after ‘super-spreader’ dies of virus
4 years, 9 months ago

India quarantines 15,000 after ‘super-spreader’ dies of virus

Al Jazeera  

Religious leader dies of COVID-19 after preaching in over dozen villages in Punjab state, prompting strict restrictions. At least 15,000 people who may have caught the new coronavirus from a Sikh religious leader are under strict quarantine in northern India after the man died of COVID-19. The 70-year-old preacher, Baldev Singh, had returned from a trip to Europe’s virus epicentre …

COVID-19: Punjab reports 5 more positive cases of coronavirus, tally rises to 38
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: Punjab reports 5 more positive cases of coronavirus, tally rises to 38

India TV News  

Five more persons tested positive for the new coronavirus in Punjab on Friday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 38 in the state, officials said. More than 25 people contracted the virus after coming in contact with a 70-year-old Nawanshahr resident, a coronavirus positive case who died of a cardiac arrest on March 18, and his primary contacts. …

COVID-19 in Pakistan: Sindh Education Minister tests positive for coronavirus, total rises to 803
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 in Pakistan: Sindh Education Minister tests positive for coronavirus, total rises to 803

India TV News  

Pakistan said on Monday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 803, even as the Army scrambled to put together all resources to tackle the infection which has claimed more than 15,000 lives worldwide. Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani in a video message on Monday confirmed that he had tested positive for coronavirus and was …

Pakistan reports first coronavirus casualty as COVID-19 cases rise to 193; Sindh is worst-affected province with 155 infections
4 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan reports first coronavirus casualty as COVID-19 cases rise to 193; Sindh is worst-affected province with 155 infections

Firstpost  

Pakistan reported its first casualty due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, health ministry officials said as the number of positive cases of the COVID-19 infections rose to 193 in the country. Lahore: Pakistan reported its first casualty due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, health ministry officials said as the number of positive cases of the COVID-19 infections rose …

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