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Pneumonia, Covid co-infections: In Haryana’s Palwal, authorities found that 50 per cent of the pneumonia cases detected at a Civil Hospital are related to Covid-19 patients. The district health department has decided that if a patient is suffering from breathlessness and chest pain but tests negative for Covid-19 then they will have to undergo chest X-ray. If anomalies are found in the X-ray, then the patient has to undergo a CT scan. The hospital has even set aside specific hours during the day when those suspected to have contracted pneumonia and are Covid-positive can undergo testing. Palwal has been witnessing