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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tests Coronavirus Positive


Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has coronavirus

Bhopal:

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, 61, has examined constructive for the novel coronavirus, it was confirmed on Saturday afternoon. He will probably be admitted to the Chirayu Hospital in state capital Bhopal, Home Minister Narottam Mishra informed NDTV.

In a tweet the Chief Minister wrote, in Hindi: “My dear countrymen, I was having COVID-19 symptoms and, after a test, my report came back positive. I am following all the guidelines and will quarantine myself according to the doctor’s advice”.

Mr Chouhan additionally appealed to colleagues and people to take all doable precaution to keep away from an infection and urged those that had are available in contact with him to get their take a look at completed as nicely

“I appeal to the people of my state to be careful, just a little carelessness invites the coronavirus. I made every effort to avoid the virus but people used to meet me on many subjects,” he mentioned.

All shut contacts of the Chief Minister, who was to carry a gathering at 11.30 AM, have been quarantined. In his absence, Mr Chouhan wrote, Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Health Minister Vishvas Sarang and others will lead the assembly.

Mr Mishra, amongst these to have had shut contact with the Chief Minister, may even be examined for the virus.

News of Mr Chouhan testing constructive for the virus comes two days after a minister in his cabinet, Arvind Singh Bhadoria, confirmed he had been infected. Mr Bhadoria was among the many ministers who attended Wednesday’s cupboard assembly, which was chaired by the Chief Minister.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister additionally reassured supporters that there was no must panic and that regardless of his medical situation he would proceed to guide efforts to comprise the virus in his state.

“No need to panic, If coronavirus is treated in time, it is curable,” he mentioned. including, “I have been reviewing the status of coronavirus infections every evening since March 25. I will try to review this via video conferencing as much as possible now”.

Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti mentioned she was praying for the swift restoration of each Mr Chouhan and Mr Bhadoria. “I pray they get well soon. All be well. May this disease leave our planet,” she mentioned.

Both Mr Chouhan and Mr Bhadoria had attended the funeral of the late Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, who died at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on July 21.

Madhya Pradesh has recorded over 26,000 COVID-19 instances to date, together with 791 deaths linked to the virus. The variety of lively instances within the state is greater than 7,500.

Across India the variety of coronavirus instances has crossed 13.36 lakh, with greater than 4.56 lakh lively instances and 31,358 deaths linked to the virus.

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