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COVID-19: Two FC personnel quarantined in Kalam
Virus has claimed 20 lives in Pakistan and 28 patients have fully recovered
PESHAWAR: Two members of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) deployed in Swat have been quarantined in Kalam on Monday after developing mild COVID-19 symptoms.
Officials privy to the development stated that the two personnel had recently travelled to district Charsadda, hence they were quarantined.
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Officials also stated that the two FC personnel were quarantined in a PTDC motel in Kalam.
“Their [FC personnel] health condition is absolutely fine but as a precautionary step, we have quarantined them,” District Officer FC Hina Minawar told The Express Tribune.
A total of three people had tested positive from district Swat from 38 suspected cases. 11 have tested negative whereas lab results of 24 are still awaited.
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The nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients has crossed 1,620 with 508 cases in Sindh, 593 in Punjab, 144 in Balochistan, 195 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 128 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 51 in Islamabad and six in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed 20 lives in Pakistan. On the other hand, 28 patients have fully recovered.
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