Amarinder Singh self isolates after meeting Covid-19 positive MLAs in assembly session
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has gone into 7-day home quarantine after he met two MLAs in the state assembly, who later tested positive for coronavirus, a senior state official said.
"Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has decided to go into 7-day self-quarantine, as per government protocol and the advice of his doctors, after two MLAs who met him in the Vidhan Sabha tested positive for COVID-19," his media officer Raveen Thukral tweeted.
Punjab chief minister @capt_amarinder has decided to go into 7-day self quarantine, as per government protocol and the advise of his doctors, after two MLAs who met him in the Vidhan Sabha tested positive for #COVID19.
— Raveen Thukral (@RT_MediaAdvPbCM) August 28, 2020
According to reports, 29 MLAs and ministers of Punjab had tested positive for the deadly virus this week.
Singh had earlier urged the legislators who had been in contact with the infected MLAs to not attend the one-day assembly session held on Friday.
Only those who test negative within 48 hours before the assembly session were allowed to attend the same.
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