Principal Secretary to Governor and 4 others Found COVID + at Punjab Raj Bhawan

Chandigarh, August 9: 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 sanitization 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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