Coronavirus In Punjab

Ensure 100% COVID-19 testing coverage in containment zones using rapid antigen method, says Amarinder Singh

The chief minister also said that people working as shop workers, mandi workers, and frontline government employees should get tested this week, declaring it a 'testing week'

Narendra Modi asks other states to adopt Punjab’s micro-containment, house-to-house surveillance strategies to contain COVID-19 outbreak

Appreciating Punjab's COVID micro-containment and house-to-house surveillance strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked other states to adopt the model, which was helping Punjab successfully control the spread of the pandemic

Migrant worker dies after being hit by car near Ambala while walking from Punjab to Bihar; was unable to register for Shramik train

A migrant labourer from Bihar was killed while another seriously injured when a car hit them on the Ambala-Jagadhri highway near Ambala Cantonment

'Won't betray Hippocratic oath': In the face of deficient PPE kits, spike in cases, Punjab doctors put up tough fight against coronavirus

Doctors in Punjab say that apart from testing their endurance, PPE kits, if faulty, pose a grave danger of exposure. Returning home amid a lack of accommodation facility at GMCH Amritsar also causes worries about their families' safety

Coronavirus Outbreak: Ludhiana ACP Anil Kohli dies due to COVID-19; official was to receive plasma therapy

ACP Anil Kohli had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 13 and had been undergoing treatment in the Satguru Partap Singh (SPS) Hospital in Ludhiana

Coronavirus lockdown: Cop’s hand chopped off, others injured after attack on policemen in vegetable market in Punjab’s Patiala

A policeman's hand was chopped off and few others were injured when a group of Nihangs allegedly attacked them at a vegetable market in Punjab's Patiala district

After Odisha, Punjab becomes second state to extend curfew till 30 April; PM to take final call on national lockdown tomorrow

The decision was taken at a meeting of the council of ministers in Chandigarh

Amritsar hospital reports two coronavirus infections based on preliminary tests; samples sent to NIV Pune for confirmation

Two persons from Hoshiarpur tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar, the hospital said on Saturday

Coronavirus update 5 Feb: Death toll rises to 490; people under observation in Kerala, Punjab; safe vaccine over a year away and more

The virus seems to affect people over 60 more severely — 4 in 5 fatalities have occurred this age group.

First suspected case of coronavirus in Punjab: Mohali resident, back from China, shows symptoms similar to new disease; quarantined

A 28-year-old Mohali resident, who returned from China recently, has been admitted to the isolation ward of PGIMER in Chandigarh after showing novel coronavirus-like symptoms