Guwahati: Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, has become the latest high-profile politician to have tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus.
According to reports, Pradhan had developed COVID-19 symptoms on Monday and was tested on Tuesday. The 51-year-old has been admitted to the Medanta hospital for his treatment.
"After seeing symptoms of COVID-19, I got tested. The report has come positive. On the advice of doctors, I have been admitted to hospital and I am healthy," the minister wrote in a tweet in Hindi.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also infected by the dreaded contagion.