Former Punjab Chief Minister Bibi Rajinder Kaur Bhattalon Thursday tested positive for covid9. As per reports, she has isolated herselfin her home at Chandigarh and her condition is reported to be normal.
Bhattal’s son, Rahul Sidhu, a Congress Leader, sharedthis news on social media and said, “My mother has tested positive tocoronavirus after having cold, cough and mild fever for three to four days andhas isolated herself. As a precautionary measure, I am going to self isolatemyself for 14 days.” He added that “I request all who had come in contact of meand my mother take precautionary measures, care and self isolate them.
He also informed that he and her mother has canceled allfuture plans and engagements.
Sharing the news on twitter, the Punjab Congress wishedher a "speedy recovery".
In the past, many Punjab ministers have reported positiveincluding Punjab’s Manpreet Singh Badal, Tript Singh Bajwa, Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa and even three people from Punjab’s CM security were also foundpositive for the virus.
The rise in cases of coronavirus in the state has beencontinuously increasing. On Wednesday, Punjab state reported 63deaths from coronavirus and the tally reached 7,278. The tally rose to 2.6 lakhwith fresh 2,997 corona cases on the same day.