Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for coronavirus, which has infected more than 17 lakh people in the country.
Sources said he has been admitted to Medanta hospital, located in Haryana’s Gurugram near Delhi.
Sources said extensive contact tracing will be carried out and anyone who came in contact with the minister will have to self-isolate.
Mr Shah, 55, had taken part in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, which was attended by all top ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
In a tweet, the minister said his health was “fine” but he was being hospitalised “on the advice of doctors”. He also requested that all those “who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your inquiry done”.
कोरोना के शुरूआती लक्षण दिखने पर मैंने टेस्ट करवाया और रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव आई है। मेरी तबीयत ठीक है परन्तु डॉक्टर्स की सलाह पर अस्पताल में भर्ती हो रहा हूँ। मेरा अनुरोध है कि आप में से जो भी लोग गत कुछ दिनों में मेरे संपर्क में आयें हैं, कृपया स्वयं को आइसोलेट कर अपनी जाँच करवाएं।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 2, 2020
UP minister Kamal dies
Uttar Pradesh Minister Kamal Rani Varun, the only woman Cabinet minister in the state, died of Covid-19 at a hospital here on Sunday. She was 62.
“She had comorbidities in the form of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypothyroidism. She had bilateral pneumonia at admission and was shifted to ICU on the day of admission itself because of high oxygen requirement.,” Dr RK Dhiman, Director SGPGI, Lucknow, said.
Kamal Rani Varun served as Minister of Technical Education in the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government.