New Delhi:
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Sunday. The VP, who is in Hyderabad, has asked those who came in contact with him to isolate themselves and get tested.
Taking to Twitter, the Vice President of India said, “The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu, who is in Hyderabad, tested COVID positive today. He has decided to remain in self-isolation for a week. He has advised all those who came in contact with him to isolate themselves and get tested.”The Rajya Sabha chairman also tested positive against coronavirus disease during the second wave in the mid of 2021.
Meanwhile, a total of 875 parliamentary staff members have also tested COVID-19 positive in the House so far, said official sources on Sunday.
As per official sources, as many as 2,847 COVID-19 tests were conducted till January 20, out of which, 875 parliamentary staff members had tested positive. Of these, a total of 915 tests were done by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, out of which 271 cases found positive against coronavirus infection.
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