453 pilgrims who earlier tested negative sent to districts turn out positive for virus
(WorldNews Pakistan)

MULTAN: As many as 453 pilgrims out of 1,160, who were sent to their respective districts on Saturday after being declared `negative´ for Covid-19, have tested positive during later diagnosis, it is learnt here. Sources said the district administration had got thermal screening of all the pilgrims conducted when they reached Multan from Taftan on March 20 and separated those who had symptoms of the infection from others. The district administration had requested the provincial government, particularly the health department, to provide kits for screening of all the pilgrims so that the infected pilgrims could be separated from the healthy ones. They said after repeated...