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Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat tests positive for Covid-19

Last Updated 20 August 2020, 09:47 IST

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of central ministers who contracted the virus infection to six.

Shekhawat (52) announced on Twitter that he had got Covid-19 test done after he developed symptoms.

"The reports have returned positive. I am getting admitted to hospital on the advice of the doctors. I request all those who have come in contact with me in the last few days, isolate yourselves and get examined. May all of you be healthy and take care of yourself," he said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was the first among Modi's team to test positive for Covid-19 on August 2. He tested negative for the virus infection on August 14 and discharged but he was hospitalised again on August 18 after he complained about fatigue and body ache. Doctors said he is fine.

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Ministers of State Shripad Yesso Naik, Arjun Meghwal and Kailash Chaudhary also tested positive this month.

Meghwal had hit the headlines before he tested positive for the virus infection for promoting a 'papad' that he claimed would help in fighting Covid-19.

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A string of VIPs too tested positive for Covid-19, including former President Pranab Mukherjee, who is presently admitted to Army Research and Referral Hospital after a surgery to remove a clot from his brain.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Ministers B S Yediyurappa (Karnataka) and Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Health Ministers B Sriramulu (Karnataka) and Satyender Jain (Delhi), Karnataka Tourism Minister C T Ravi and Karnataka Forest Minister Anand Singh have also tested positive for Covid-19.

Two UP Ministers Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan died this month due to Covid-19.

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(Published 20 August 2020, 08:31 IST)

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