ROPAR: The Ropar district administration has sealed four villages where Christian

had organised medical camps, said an official on Saturday. Besides, the administration has also collected 16 samples in Chatamali village of the district where the husband of a Sarpanch had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

The official said that 24 foreign nationals from various countries, including Canada, the USA,

and Switzerland, had held medical camps in these villages and then moved to other

Chatamali sits at the border of Mohali and Ropar districts and has around 150 households with a population of over 2,000. Health teams have home-quarantined the

, especially close associates of the

. The other sealed villages in the district are Lakhmipur, Thauna and Manak Majra.

It is learnt that the 55-year-old patient is a former Sarpanch, while his wife is the sitting of the village and neither had any history of travelling abroad. The patient is suspected to have contracted infection from the foreign nationals, who managed to hold a health camp on March 13 in his village. The camp was organised by the Christian Missionary Foundation.

Ropar deputy

Sonali Giri said the residents of other three villagers were being monitored.