NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Days after the local government, in India’s Madhya Pradesh, ended COVID-19 curbs, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, chief minister of the central state, said yesterday that, he has tested positive for COVID-19.
This is the second time that Chouhan had tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in India. Chouhan took to social media, saying he has contracted the viral infection and was undergoing self-isolation.
“I have done my reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 test, in which I tested positive. I have normal symptoms and isolated myself, following the guidelines of COVID-19,” Chouhan wrote on social media.
He said he would be doing all his work virtually.
In July 2020, Chouhan tested positive for COVID-19, following which he was hospitalised for a few days.
The local government of Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, lifted all the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state, following a decline in cases.
On Monday, the state reported 1,760 new COVID-19 cases and four related deaths.
The ongoing third wave of COVID-19 in India has gone sluggish, as the daily caseload of new infections is showing a downward spiral.
The federal health ministry said yesterday morning that, 27,409 new cases and 347 related deaths were reported from across the country, during the past 24 hours.– NNN-PTI
