"After suffering from mild fever, I took a coronavirus test and turned out to be positive. I have isolated myself. I don't have a fever or any other problem as of now, I am absolutely fine. With your good wishes, I am sure I will return to work soon,'' the 48-year-old minister tweeted in Hindi.
''Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will not attend today's session as he has fever since last night," Goel said in Delhi Assembly earlier on Monday.
Sisodia, who had been actively involved in Delhi's fight against the pandemic is the second minister in Arvind Kejriwal Government who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain, who had tested positive for COVID in June.
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