<p class="bodytext">Former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM president Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi, along with seven others in their household, have tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All of them are undergoing home quarantine, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samples of 29 people in Soren's household were collected for examination, of which seven were found to have contracted the disease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soren's son and Chief Minister Hemant Soren will undertake the test on Monday -- third time in two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, the CM had taken the test on two separate occasions -- first time after coming in contact with infected cabinet colleague Mithilesh Thakur, and the second time after 17 employees at his office were diagnosed with the disease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, state health minister Banna Gupta tested positive for the infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CM's wife and several other members at his official residence will also undergo the test on Monday, the sources added.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM president Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi, along with seven others in their household, have tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All of them are undergoing home quarantine, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samples of 29 people in Soren's household were collected for examination, of which seven were found to have contracted the disease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soren's son and Chief Minister Hemant Soren will undertake the test on Monday -- third time in two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, the CM had taken the test on two separate occasions -- first time after coming in contact with infected cabinet colleague Mithilesh Thakur, and the second time after 17 employees at his office were diagnosed with the disease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, state health minister Banna Gupta tested positive for the infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CM's wife and several other members at his official residence will also undergo the test on Monday, the sources added.</p>