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Punjab Governor tests negative, his PS and four other staff tested positive of Corona

PUNJAB NEW EXPRESS | August 09, 2020 08:09 PM

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Governor & admin Chd Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore has tested negative while Sh. J.M. Balamurugan, Principal Secretary to Governor tested Covid positive and has been home quarantined.

According to the  official spokesperson of Punjab Raj Bhawan, a two day Covid testing exercise with Rapid Antigen Test was carried out at Raj Bhawan in which  total 336 persons including security personnel, officers and staff members were tested for Covid-19. Besides Sh. Balamurugan, four others were found to be asymptomatic positive.

All precautions including sanitisation of the entire Raj Bhawan and safeguarding the official premises  have been taken as per the health advisories,   protocol and doctors' advice.

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