Amit Shah tests positive,
admitted
to hospital
T.N. Governor also infected; U.P. Minister dies of COVID19
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah tweeted on Sunday
that he had tested positive
for COVID19 and requested
all those who had come in
contact with him in the past
few days to isolate themselves and get tested.
Mr. Shah’s positive report
came on a day when Uttar
Pradesh Cabinet Minister
Kamla Rani Varun died from
coronavirus infection, and
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and U.P.
State BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh also tested
positive for COVID19.
Mr. Shah, admitted to the
private Medanta Hospital in
Gurugram, said he got himself tested after seeing “early
symptoms” of the disease.
“Though I am feeling okay,
am being admitted to hospital on medical advice,” the
Home Minister said in a
tweet in Hindi.
On Saturday, Mr. Shah inaugurated a webinar organised by the Indian Council
for Cultural Relations on the
100th death anniversary
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar
Tilak in the capital. About 20
persons were present at the
function.
Cabinet meeting
A government source also
confirmed that Mr. Shah was
present at a Union Cabinet
meeting, presided over by
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, on Wednesday, when
the new education policy
was approved.
A Cabinet Minister confirmed to The Hindu that he
was getting himself tested
for COVID19 in view of Mr.
Shah’s COVID19 status.
Another Minister stated that
not all Cabinet members attend every meeting in view
of the pandemic.
An official stated that as
per protocol, all close contacts were to be tested if a
Union Minister tested positive. Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla, who had been meeting Mr. Shah, was tested and
found COVID negative.
West Bengal and Delhi
Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal
respectively as well as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
wished Mr. Shah a speedy recovery.
In Chennai, the Kauvery
Hospital said Governor Purohit was asymptomatic and
clinically stable. He has been
advised home isolation with
medical monitoring.
In Lucknow, Ms. Varun,
62, who held the technical
education portfolio, died
during treatment at a Lucknow hospital.
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