ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Foreign Office asked 12 members of the Indian HighCommission (IHC) to quarantine as a woman tested positive for the deadlyIndian variant of coronavirus.

The 12 member delegation arrived in Pakistan on May 22 via the Wagah borderwhile all of the members tested negative for the first time, but a womantested positive during the second round of tests.

The officials have directed to place the woman under mandatory quarantinealong with 12 others.

A statement issued by Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri,stated that ‘12 officials and their family members crossed over to Pakistanthrough the Wagah Border on May 22. The wife of an official tested positiveon a rapid antigen test conducted by Pakistani health officials’.

It is yet to be determined whether the entry of a Covid patient was atrick, or it was a mistake of the Indian immigration authorities posted atAttari.