Staff Reporter At least nine members of a family got infected with novel coronavirus after they attended a marriage ceremony here the other day. According to the details, the nine-member family attended a marriage ceremony, where a woman infected with COVID-19 was also present. The woman had arrived from Saudi Arabia and was the carrier of the deadly virus. The coronavirus patient met with the family in the marriage ceremony and had dinner together, thus infecting all the people with the virus. After attending the function, symptoms of the coronavirus started appearing in the members of the ill-fated family. They were tested for coronavirus which came back positive. They family was shifted to the hospital for treatment. The authorities said that other members of the family have been isolated at the home, adding that they were searching for all the people who had attended the marriage ceremony as they could be the potential carriers of the virus. Earlier on March 14, advising the nation to follow safety instructions issued by the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that there is no need to panic about the novel Coronavirus. Taking to the social networking website, Twitter, PM Imran had said that he was personally overseeing measures to deal with the deadly virus. He had maintained that there was a need for caution but not for panic.
Nine-member family tested positive after attending marriage ceremony
