32 Peshawar Airport staffers test corona positive

As many as 32 officers and staffers of Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport have been infected with coronavirus, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.

All the CAA officers and staffers were quarantined after their test results came back positive, confirmed the airport manager.

The affected were mostly daily wagers, airport services and bridge operators.

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It is being said that these staffers caught Covid-19 apparently from passengers coming from outside the country. About 80 passengers coming from the Gulf countries had been found coronavirus positive.

The airport is being sprayed and disinfected on an emergency basis.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra tweeted, “KP Covid Report (May 18). Great signs that positivity is maintained at around 6 percent. Testing will ramp up further to peaks of over 8000/day. 6198 tests were conducted and the positivity ratio was 6.2 percent. 385 new cases, 23 deaths reported.” 

1. KP Covid Report, May 18. Testing jumping up after 4 day Eid average of 3000+ to over 6000. Great signs that positivity is maintained at around 6%. Testing will ramp up further to peaks of over 8000/day.

*6198 tests
*6.2% positivity, 385 cases
*23 deaths
*7181 active cases pic.twitter.com/FyXWYoRGSI

— Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) May 19, 2021

Reporter Azmat Ali Shah