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Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive

By Pragya Gouhari -
  • Updated
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  • 3rd August 2020,
  • 12:19 PM

Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for coronavirus. The Union minister took to Twitter to announce the same.

Amit Shah

Amit Shah test Coronavirus positive

Union minister Amit Shah has been infected by coronavirus, which has already contaminated more than 17 lakh individuals in the nation. Sources said he has been admitted to Medanta hospital, located in Haryana’s Gurugram near Delhi. In a tweet, the Home Minister said that his health was “fine” yet he was being hospitalized “on the advice of doctors”

The nation logged in excess of 17 lakh cases of coronavirus today – including more than 1 lakh patients to the count in only two days.

Mr Shah, 55, had taken part in a cabinet meeting a few days ago. Sources said extensive contact tracing will be carried out and anyone who came in contact with the minister will have to self-isolate.

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“On getting the initial symptoms of coronavirus, I got the test done and the report came back positive. My health is fine, but I am being admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors. I request that all of you who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your inquiry done,” Mr Shah’s tweet in Hindi roughly said.

Union minister Babul Suprio, one of those who met the home minister over the last few days, tweeted: I had met Hon’ble HM Shri @AmitShah ji the day before in the evening. I am advised by Doctors to confine myself, away from my family members, for the next few days with a test to be done soon. Shall abide with all precautionary measures as per Rules & Protocol”. Coronavirus has killed a minister from Uttar Pradesh. Kamal Rani Varun, 62, passed on at Lucknow’s Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences this morning

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A week ago, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tested positive for the infection. He has been in the hospital for nine days, and tweeted today to state that he was well. From his hospital bed, the Chief Minister tweeted a get well message for Mr Shah. “Home Minister Amit Shah, may God help you recover soon, so you can serve the nation with full energy. Our best wishes are with you”. Our best wishes are with you,” his tweet in Hindi read.

Tamil Nadu’s Governor Banwarilal Purohit has also tested positive for coronavirus today, said Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital, where he has been admitted. He is asymptomatic and clinically stable, the hospital said.

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