<p>Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to AIIMS.</p>.<p>The 88-year-old Congress leader, who had penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for beefing up Covid-19 response, reported mild fever on Monday morning and later tested positive for the infectious disease.</p>.<p>Singh had taken both the doses of Covid vaccine recently.</p>.<p>Leaders cutting across party lines voiced concern over Singh’s health and wished him a speedy recovery.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/uttar-pradesh-govt-imposes-lockdown-in-five-cities-as-covid-19-cases-surge-976194.html">Uttar Pradesh govt imposes lockdown in five cities as Covid-19 cases surge</a></strong></p>.<p>“Wishing our former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ji good health and a speedy recovery,” Modi said on Twitter.</p>.<p>“I am deeply concerned to learn that Dr. Manmohan Singh is unwell and has been hospitalised. On behalf of all of us in the Congress Party I send my good wishes to him for a speedy & complete recovery,” Congress President Sonia Gandhi said.</p>.<p>“Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji, wishing you a speedy recovery. India needs your guidance and advice in this difficult time,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former union minister P Chidambaram, chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Amarinder Singh and Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and several other leaders expressed concern over Singh's health and wished him a speedy recovery.</p>.<p>“My prayers are with Manmohan Singh ji and his family today, and my deepest respect. May he fight this scourge with all his might and get well soon,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi have wished him a speedy recovery too.</p>
<p>Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to AIIMS.</p>.<p>The 88-year-old Congress leader, who had penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for beefing up Covid-19 response, reported mild fever on Monday morning and later tested positive for the infectious disease.</p>.<p>Singh had taken both the doses of Covid vaccine recently.</p>.<p>Leaders cutting across party lines voiced concern over Singh’s health and wished him a speedy recovery.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/uttar-pradesh-govt-imposes-lockdown-in-five-cities-as-covid-19-cases-surge-976194.html">Uttar Pradesh govt imposes lockdown in five cities as Covid-19 cases surge</a></strong></p>.<p>“Wishing our former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ji good health and a speedy recovery,” Modi said on Twitter.</p>.<p>“I am deeply concerned to learn that Dr. Manmohan Singh is unwell and has been hospitalised. On behalf of all of us in the Congress Party I send my good wishes to him for a speedy & complete recovery,” Congress President Sonia Gandhi said.</p>.<p>“Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji, wishing you a speedy recovery. India needs your guidance and advice in this difficult time,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former union minister P Chidambaram, chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Amarinder Singh and Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and several other leaders expressed concern over Singh's health and wished him a speedy recovery.</p>.<p>“My prayers are with Manmohan Singh ji and his family today, and my deepest respect. May he fight this scourge with all his might and get well soon,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi have wished him a speedy recovery too.</p>
