Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju has tested positive for the Covid-19.
The 49-year-old politician from Arunachal Pradesh said that he has tested positive for the virus but is feeling “fit and fine”.
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“After getting repeated test for Covid-19, today my report has come out positive,” Rijiju twitted on Saturday.
“I’m taking the advice of the Doctors. I request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get themselves tested. I’m physically fit and fine,” he added.
Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.
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State chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who recovered recently from the dreaded infection, was with him at the inauguration ceremony.
India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases with 2, 34,692 fresh infections being reported in the country on Tuesday, the biggest daily spike so far.