Farmer dies of Covid at Singhu border
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Farmer dies of Covid at Singhu border
Description
BATHINDA: A farmer, who died on Tuesday night at the anti-farm law protest site at the Singhu border, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The farmer from Punjab’s Patiala district, Balbir Singh (50), had fever, said the Sonipat district health authorities. Sources said the farmer, who was feeling unwell, was taken to a hospital on Tuesday evening and his sample subjected to a rapid antigen test. Sonipat civil surgeon Jaswant Singh Punia told TOI that the farmer had fever and he died on Tuesday night and added that his Covid report was found to be positive. Sources, however, claimed that two farmers at Singhu had died of Covid-19 but the Sonipat health authorities only confirmed one death. Till now, only one Covid-19 death has been documented at the protest sites on the Delhi borders – that of a 25-year-old woman activist who died of Covid-19 on April 30. She was staying at the Tikri border protest site and was taken to a hospital on April 26 where she died.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-05-20
Coverage
Delhi