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Published 26 Jun, 2020 12:01pm

‘Two negative tests’ condition for Covid patients abolished in Punjab

The Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) has approved a new “clinical advisory” by abolishing the condition of “two mandatory and consecutive negative tests” for symptomatic Covid-19 patients to discharge them from hospitals in Punjab.

Under the new guidelines, the hospital shall not perform two tests of those confirmed patients who would not show symptoms for three consecutive days from the 10th day of admission to the hospitals.

Earlier, every patient visiting hospital was admitted after his first report tested positive for the virus.

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