Punjab govt ‘reluctant’ to investigate Covid reinfections

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The Punjab government seems reluctant to investigate and notify the Covid-19 reinfections that have seen a sudden surge recently in the province.

A spokesperson for the department told Dawn the health experts had received three such cases in the starting phase of the first wave of the virus in March and April.

He said the system had, at that time, generated alerts when the CNIC numbers of the three patients were reentered in the data system showing them positive cases for the Covid-19. However, he added, the department’s medical and health experts had declared these reinfections doubtful because of certain reasons.

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