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Union Home Minister Tests Negative For COVID-19; Had Been Hospitalised On 2 August

Swarajya StaffAug 09, 2020, 12:39 PM | Updated 12:39 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.


Union Home Minister Amit Shah has completely recovered from Covid-19 and tested negative for the virus on Sunday (9 August).

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and parliamentarian Manoj Tiwari took to Twitter to update about the Shah's health.

The former BJP president had tested positive for novel coronavirus on 2 August. Although he did not have any major Covid-19 symptoms, he had been hospitalised as advised by doctors, he had said.

"On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive. My health is fine, but I am being Shadmitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors," he had tweeted on 2 August.

Shah became the first senior minister from the Government of India to have contracted the highly transmissible virus.

However, several union ministers and BJP leaders had self-isolated themselves after Shah's reports as they had come in contact with the Home Minister.

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