UP BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh Tests Positive For Novel Coronavirus, To Stay In Home Quarantines

Uttar Pradesh (UP) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Swatantra Dev Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 but will stay in home quarantine because the symptoms are mild.

In a tweet on Sunday (2 August), Singh has asked all those who interacted with him to get tested.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) and has been hospitalised, he tweeted on Sunday (2 August).

The former Bharatiya Janata Party president himself broke the news on Twitter and wrote, "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."h

Meanwhile, BJP MLA from Agra, Yogendra Upadhyay, and MLC from Gorakhpur, Devendra Pratap Singh, have also tested positive.

The two legislators will also remain in home quarantine and health teams will constantly monitor their condition.

(With inputs from IANS)