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LAHORE: With no respite in the new Covid-19 cases, the south Punjab health secretary and four of his family members tested positive for the virus, besides 2,275 other people across the province, during the last 24 hours.
South Punjab Secretary Health Mohammad Ajmal Bhatti and his family members have quarantined themselves at home shortly after the Nishtar Hospital, Multan, lab reports confirmed they were Covid positive.
An official said the doctors have also suggested quarantine to all those who had been in contact with Mr Bhatti and his infected family members, especially the government employees working in the south Punjab health secretariat.When contacted, Mr Bhatti confirmed to Dawn that he and his family members had carried the infection.