ISLAMABAD: A supermarket, a bakery and a restaurant located in Islamabad’s posh F-7 area were sealed on Thursday after some of their workers tested positive for coronavirus.

District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia told Dawn that Kabul Restaurant, Gourmet Bakery and Hatim Super Market had been sealed after it was confirmed that some of their workers had been infected by Covid-19.

According to the district health officer, the affected workers had contracted the virus from a mosque in the area. He said family members of the mosque’s prayer leader were infected by coronavirus two weeks ago.

A few days ago an elderly man, who died and was buried in Battagram, was posthumously tested positive for Covid-19. His family members were later traced who were residing in the mosque in the F-7 area. The son of the deceased was the prayer leader in the mosque and a teacher at a seminary attached to the mosque. Seven members of his family tested positive for the virus.

Both the mosque and the seminary were immediately sealed.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2020