Punjab CM tests Covid-19 negative, urges all ministers and officials to get tested

CHANDIGARH: A day after his cabinet colleague Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa tested positive for Covid-19, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged all ministers, as well as MLAs and department secretaries, to get themselves tested for the coronavirus.
Amarinder also underwent the test and was found to be negative, an official spokesperson said. Two other ministers, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Aruna Chowdhary, had also got themselves tested on Wednesday, while some had undergone the test on Wednesday. Two Congress MLAs also went in for testing today. Their results are awaited.
During the Cabinet meeting, Amarinder said all the ministers and officials in various departments, especially who might have come in contact with the IAS and PCS officers who had been infected with the coronavirus, should get themselves tested. As many as 14 PCS officers and an IAS officer couple in the state has tested positive.
Bajwa was doing well, he informed the meeting, reiterating the need for extreme caution by all the ministers and others engaged in any kind of public dealing.
Meanwhile an associate of Bajwa said the minister’s vital parameters were normal and he was likely to be shifted to home quarantine in a couple of days. He was admitted to a private hospital on Tuesday.