Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu, 71, has tested positive for the coronavirus and is under home quarantine. His wife Usha Naidu also underwent COVID-19 test and her reports have come negative. The office of Vice President informed about this on Twitter.
As per reports, the Vice President is asymptomatic and in good health. However, Usha Naidu is under self-isolation after being tested negative.
Meanwhile, another cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray government has tested positive for the coronavirus. Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant on Tuesday took to Twitter to inform that he has been tested COVID-19 positive and is under home-quarantine.
“On getting the initial symptoms of COVID 19, I got myself tested and the report came back positive. My health is fine and I am observing home quarantine as of now (sic),” Samant tweeted.
Samant, Shiv Sena leader, informed that he has been under isolation for the last ten days and not come in contact with anyone. He, however, advised those who came in contact with him to remain careful.
“I have been in isolated for the last 10 days and haven't met anyone. So, the chances of infecting someone else are very low,” the minister said.
Till now, 15 cabinet ministers in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government including Samant have tested positive for the coronavirus and ten have recovered from it.
Recently, Maharashtra Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, Minister of State (MoS) for Water Resources and Education, Bacchu Kadu were tested positive for the coronavirus. However, Gaikwad has defeated coronavirus and made a full recovery. On Monday, she tested negative for COVID-19 and was discharged from the hospital.
Earlier, Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan, Dhananjay Munde, Aslam Shaikh, Balasaheb Patil, Sanjay Bansode, Sunil Kedar, Abdul Sattar and Vishwajit Kadam, Nitin Raut and Hasan Mushrif from the Uddhav Thackeray government tested positive for the coronavirus.
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