Oilfield manager held after failing to inform about Covid-19 patients

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The Chakwal district administration has taken into custody the operation manager of an oilfield after registering a case against him under the newly introduced Punjab Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Ordinance as he was accused of showing negligence regarding four employees who tested positive for Covid-19.

“Four employees of Rajian Oil Field of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) have contracted the virus but the operation manager showed sheer negligence as he did not bother to inform us,” Chakwal deputy commissioner retired Captain Abdul Sattar Esani told Dawn.

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