Now 11 security men with Senior Badal test positive for Covid-19, village a macro containment zone
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| Now 11 security men with Senior Badal test positive for Covid-19, village a macro containment zone |
Muktsar : At a time when a large number of security personnel and personal staff of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal have been found positive for coronavirus, and his residence at Badal village has been declared a macro containment zone, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, his wife Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, their daughter Gurleen Kaur and son Anantveer Singh have tested Covid negative.
Dr Paramdeep Sandhu, nodal officer, Covid, Muktsar district, said, “The samples of four members of the Badal family were taken and they tested Covid negative.”
Now 11 security men with Senior Badal test positive for Covid-19, village a macro containment zone
Now 11 security men with Senior Badal test positive for Covid-19, village a macro containment zone
The health department officials, however, are yet to take the sample of Parkash Singh Badal. Sources said that due to his old-age and already being in self-isolation, the Badal Sr had not yet given the sample. Meanwhile, sources said Sukhbir’s elder daughter Harkirat was not there at Badal village.
On Monday, 11 people, a majority of them central security personnel, attached with the Badals, had tested Covid positive. Earlier, eight people - six security personnel, a cook and a telephone operator - had tested Covid positive at the Badals’ residence. These included an SP of Punjab Police as well.
As of now, 19 people, a majority of them security personnel, attached with the Badals have tested Covid positive. The Covid reports of some of the Badals’ personal staff are still pending.
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