After AAP MLA Atishi, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tests positive for COVID

Delhi Heath Minister Satyendar Jain tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday (June 17), a day after he was admitted to a hospital here following high fever, a senior official said.

The 55-year-old minister was brought to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) in the early hours of Tuesday (June 16) and was administered a test for the novel coronavirus infection that morning, for which he tested negative.

“He still has fever. The minister was tested again today after 24 hours of the first test,” a senior official said. This time, he tested positive, the official said.

Doctors at the RGSSH said his condition is “stable” but he has been again put on oxygen support.

Earlier in the day, AAP MLA and national spokesperson Atishi Marlena tested positive for COVID-19, according to her party colleagues.

The 39-year-old, who represents the Kalkaji constituency in south Delhi, is the third MLA from her party to have tested positive for COVID.

Before her, Vishesh Ravi (Karol Bagh) and Rajkumar Anand (Patel Nagar) tested positive.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to wish her speedy recovery.

“Atishi ji has played an important role in the fight against corona. I hope that she will get healthy soon and again get involved in serving the people,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

कोरोना के खिलाफ लड़ाई में आतिशी जी का महत्त्वपूर्ण योगदान रहा है। मुझे उम्मीद है वो जल्द से जल्द स्वस्थ हो कर एक बार फिर लोगों की सेवा में लग जाएंगी https://t.co/gIBRrYoNVh

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 17, 2020

According to sources, Atishi was tested on Tuesday for COVID-19 and her report came positive today.

She is presently under home quarantine, the sources said.

“Get well soon Atishi, recover soon from Corona,” AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted.
Atishi represents Kalkaji assembly constituency.

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain, who has been admitted to a hospital in the city after running a high-grade fever, was tested again for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a senior official said.

On Tuesday, the death toll from COVID-19 in the national capital surged to 1,837, while 1,859 fresh coronavirus cases took the tally in the city to over 44,000-mark.

(With inputs from agencies.)