<p>Maharashtra minister and senior Congress leader Aslam Shaikh tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old Shaikh, a three-time MLA from Malad West, holds the textiles, fisheries and ports folios, besides being the guardian minister of Mumbai City district.</p>.<p>“This is to inform you that I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am currently asymptomatic and isolating myself,” Shaikh said in a tweet.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-48-people-test-positive-at-telangana-raj-bhavan-indias-tally-jumps-past-87-lakh-mark-death-toll-crosses-23000-860261.html" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>He also urged people who have come in close contact with him to get tested.</p>.<p>“I will continue to work from home to serve people of my state,” he said.</p>.<p>Shaikh is the fourth minister in Maharashtra to have tested Covid-19 positive – the others being Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan and Dhananjay Munde.</p>
<p>Maharashtra minister and senior Congress leader Aslam Shaikh tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old Shaikh, a three-time MLA from Malad West, holds the textiles, fisheries and ports folios, besides being the guardian minister of Mumbai City district.</p>.<p>“This is to inform you that I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am currently asymptomatic and isolating myself,” Shaikh said in a tweet.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-48-people-test-positive-at-telangana-raj-bhavan-indias-tally-jumps-past-87-lakh-mark-death-toll-crosses-23000-860261.html" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>He also urged people who have come in close contact with him to get tested.</p>.<p>“I will continue to work from home to serve people of my state,” he said.</p>.<p>Shaikh is the fourth minister in Maharashtra to have tested Covid-19 positive – the others being Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan and Dhananjay Munde.</p>
