<p>Mizoram assembly speaker Lalrinliana Sailo has tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 62-year-old Mizo National Front (MNF) leader's wife T Lalthangpuii and son also caught the infection, they said.</p>.<p>The speaker and his son are asymptomatic, while his wife has developed symptoms of Covid-19. They have isolated themselves in their residence, the officials said.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/answers-to-your-questions-about-covid-booster-shots-1035744.html" target="_blank">Answers to your questions about Covid booster shots </a></strong></p>.<p>With Sailo, at least seven Mizoram legislators, including three ministers, have been infected with Covid-19 so far. Five of them have already recovered.</p>.<p>Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister K Lalrinliana (61), who had tested positive for Covid-19 on September 27, is currently undergoing treatment at Zoram Medical College near Aizawl, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a four-member central team, which was scheduled to visit Champhai district along the India-Myanmar border during the day, has deferred its visit by one day, the official spokesperson on Covid-19, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, said.</p>.<p>Thousands of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are currently staying in Champhai.</p>.<p>Led by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consultant-epidemiologist Dr Vinita Gupta, the team arrived in Aizawl on Tuesday to assess the spike in Covid-19 cases in Mizoram.</p>.<p>The Covid-19 caseload of the tiny northeastern state, which has a population of 10.91 lakh as per the 2011 Census, has already breached the 1 lakh-mark. It currently has over 16,000 active cases.</p>.<p>The central team had on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with the chief medical officers of all the 11 districts to review the coronavirus situation.</p>.<p>Pachuau said the team will inspect Covid care facilities and visit the offices of the chief medical officers of Aizawl East and West during the day.</p>
<p>Mizoram assembly speaker Lalrinliana Sailo has tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 62-year-old Mizo National Front (MNF) leader's wife T Lalthangpuii and son also caught the infection, they said.</p>.<p>The speaker and his son are asymptomatic, while his wife has developed symptoms of Covid-19. They have isolated themselves in their residence, the officials said.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/answers-to-your-questions-about-covid-booster-shots-1035744.html" target="_blank">Answers to your questions about Covid booster shots </a></strong></p>.<p>With Sailo, at least seven Mizoram legislators, including three ministers, have been infected with Covid-19 so far. Five of them have already recovered.</p>.<p>Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister K Lalrinliana (61), who had tested positive for Covid-19 on September 27, is currently undergoing treatment at Zoram Medical College near Aizawl, they said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a four-member central team, which was scheduled to visit Champhai district along the India-Myanmar border during the day, has deferred its visit by one day, the official spokesperson on Covid-19, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, said.</p>.<p>Thousands of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are currently staying in Champhai.</p>.<p>Led by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consultant-epidemiologist Dr Vinita Gupta, the team arrived in Aizawl on Tuesday to assess the spike in Covid-19 cases in Mizoram.</p>.<p>The Covid-19 caseload of the tiny northeastern state, which has a population of 10.91 lakh as per the 2011 Census, has already breached the 1 lakh-mark. It currently has over 16,000 active cases.</p>.<p>The central team had on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with the chief medical officers of all the 11 districts to review the coronavirus situation.</p>.<p>Pachuau said the team will inspect Covid care facilities and visit the offices of the chief medical officers of Aizawl East and West during the day.</p>