109 residents of Mardan UC under lockdown test negative for coronavirus.

PESHAWAR -- 109 residents of Mardan's Manga union council which has been completely locked down for over 14 days after coronavirus cases surfaced in the area tested negative for COVID-19, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra said on Saturday.

'More good news! Follow up random testing in Manga, Mardan shows 109 / 109 randomly selected people tested for #coronavirus - with negative results,' he tweeted.

'Manga has been under lockdown for 14+ days, people have worked with the govt to make the lockdown work, and the results show!'

In a series of tweets, the minister said the provincial government is rapidly expanding its testing capacity for the...

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