45 PERSONS UNDERGO RAPID TEST, ALL TESTED NEGATIVE

POLICE HOSPITAL TEAM TAKES CONDUCTS TESTS IN DANA MANDI

WILL ALSO CONDUCT TESTING IN OTHER RUSHY PLACES TO CONTAIN VIRUS: D.H.O.

HOSHIARPUR, APRIL 28: On the directives of DGP DInkar Gupta and SSP Navjot Singh Mahal, a team of Police Hospital on Wednesday evening conducted rapid tests of 45 persons in Dana Mandi, Rahimpur, which all tested negative.

Accompanied by DSP (H) Gurpreet Singh Gill and DSP Jaspreet Singh, medical team led by District Health Officer Dr. Lakhvir Singh took samples of labourers in the Mandi. The DHO said that the purpose of this sampling was to prevent further spread of COVID-19 virus efficaciously and this exercise would be done at other places witnessing rush besides frequent arrivals and departures in the district. He said that in case any person tested positive in rapid test, he/she would undergo the RT-PCR test so that he could be examined and isolated accordingly. The team of Police Hospital will simultaneously conduct sampling and testing beside holding special vaccination camps in different parts of the district, he added.

Amid worsening COVID situation, Dr Lakhvir Singh appealed the people to adhere all health safety protocols without any fail in larger public interest.

CAPTION: District Health Officer Dr. Lakhvir Singh conducting rapid tests at Dana Mandi, Hoshiarpur on Wednesday evening.

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