UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh Who Attended Kanika Kapoor’s Party Tests Negative For Coronavirus

Uttar Pradesh health minister Jai Pratap Singh has tested negative for Covid-19 on Saturday (21 March) as per the tests conducted at King George Medical University, reports India Today.

The health minister had attended a party with Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor days before she tested positive for the novel coronavirus, along with 180 other guests which also included several political figures such as former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, her son and BJP MP Dushyant Singh among others.

After Kanika tested positive for COVID-19, the 66-year-old minister had gone into self-isolation after the test in Lucknow on Friday

"Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh has tested negative for Covid-19," KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh was quoted as saying by the report.

"Samples of 28 people who came in contact with him have also tested negative," he added.