The Punjab government has sought funds from the Centre to build isolation ward and other buildings to treat Covid-19 patients, after 90,000 NRIs returned to state in the past few months.
“As we have so many NRIs in Punjab and 90,000 people have come here in the last three-four months, we have asked for Rs 150 crore from the Centre to help us build infrastructure as well as for isolation wards and other things if there are more cases,” Punjab Health Minister BS Sidhu said on Monday.
He also said that five MPs met Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan regarding the same.
According to the health ministry, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has now climbed to 467, including foreign nationals.
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