ludhiana health department is looking for secondary contacts of the cloth shop owner whose father used to give rehris on rent to vegetable vendors of khanna after he tested positive for covid19 on wednesday evening senior medical officer smo khanna dr rajinder gulati had said a patient had tested positive for covid19 whereas the remaining 43 patients whose samples were taken on june 20 have tested negative he had added that the 40year male who had tested positive and had been shifted to the isolation ward of the civil hospital in khannathe smo said the primary contacts of the person who is a cloth shop owner had been traced and that includes his father who gives rehris to vendors on rent his wife sister and two sons he added that their samples were taken by them on thursday and they had been home quarantinedthe health department officer said as per the patient he didnt go out of home for the last 10 days but they are still seeking the help of the local municipal councillor to identify other contacts of the person he added that even as he had not gone out but still his other family members may have come in contact with other people health department officials said since the father of the positive patient gives more than 50 rehris on rent daily the person collects money from them they added that there are chances that the vegetable vendors might have contracted the disease from him and it was very necessary to identify them and get their sampling done so that they dont spread disease if any of them had actually got the infection from himhealth department officials further said the patient came to the civil hospital on his own and complained of fever and soar throat