MULTAN – Police are reluctant to take action against a man who passed on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, to his housemaid after sleeping with her in South Punjab’s Muzaffargarh city.
The young man, who recently returned from London, was confirmed positive when tested for the coronavirus. He was later shifted to Tayyip Erdogan Hospital in Muzaffargarh.
To the family’s shock, a housemaid at their house was also tested positive. The young woman, who has been in isolation at Multan’s Nishter Hospital, has stated that she slept with the UK-return and this was how she was infected.
Meanwhile, a dozen doctors and six nurses of Nishtar Medical Hospital have been tested positive for COVID-19 at the city’s biggest health centre.
At least 55 patients, including the aforementioned doctors and nurses, were admitted to the hospital last Sunday, marking the biggest daily increase in the city. Of them, 47 hail from Multan, six are from Muzaffargarh, and one each is from Layyah and Khanewal.
The new suspected cases include 18 women as well — the largest number reported so far since the virus outbreak in south Punjab.
