<p class="bodytext">Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19 and has self-isolated at home, he said in a tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been tested positive for Covid-19. I have isolated myself at home as per the advice of doctors. I request everyone to please follow all the covid appropriate behaviour and stay safe," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Health officer of West Tripura district Dr Sangeeta Chakraborty said Deb's samples were collected on Wednesday and a rapid antigen test showed he had the infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have collected samples for reconfirmation through an RT-PCR test," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two members of Deb's family had tested positive for the disease in August last year.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19 and has self-isolated at home, he said in a tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been tested positive for Covid-19. I have isolated myself at home as per the advice of doctors. I request everyone to please follow all the covid appropriate behaviour and stay safe," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Health officer of West Tripura district Dr Sangeeta Chakraborty said Deb's samples were collected on Wednesday and a rapid antigen test showed he had the infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have collected samples for reconfirmation through an RT-PCR test," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two members of Deb's family had tested positive for the disease in August last year.</p>