MPA, brother test positive for coronavirus.

SAHIWAL -- In Eid holidays, 11 people died from coronavirus related complications in different districts.

Moreover, a ruling party MPA from Arifwala, his younger brother, their two Lahore-based friends and two drivers have tested positive for cornovirus.

After the test reports, the MPA and his family members have been quarantined in a private residence in Lahore.

The MPA's close circles added that he had been extensively traveling between Arifwala and Islamabad because of his business. He returned to the village on the eve of Eid from Islamabad and met with his family members and few village people.

On May 24, a private laboratory report confirmed him a virus positive. Local authorities are also tracing two drivers' contact history as they belong to surrounding villages. Also, five coronavirus cases died in the past three days in district Sahiwal.

11 die from Covid-19-related complications in Eid holidays

BAHAWALPUR: Two persons suffering from Covid-19 related diseases died at the Government Civil Hospital and the Bahawal Victoria Hospital during Eid holidays.

Covid-19 focal person Dr Zakir Hussain told Dawn on Tuesday that in all four people died, and of them two were the confirmed Covid-19 patients.

The deceased included a woman (75), of Uch Sharif, a male resident of city's Qasim Town, a resident of Haroonabad and another of Lodhran. He said the woman and the shopkeeper (24) of Qasim Town had tested positive while the results of the Haroonabad and Lodhran residents had not been issued from the laboratory.

Earlier in March, a 75-year-old man who had returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umra had died of coronavirus related complications. The focal persons added that the total number...