New Delhi (NVI): Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma today informed that he tested positive for novel coronavirus.
Sharma also requested the people who recently came in his contact, to get themselves tested.
Taking to Twitter, the Minister wrote in Hindi, “On getting the initial symptoms of COVID-19, I got myself checked and tested positive. I request that all of you who have come in contact with me in the last few days, to please isolate yourself and get yourself tested.”
कोरोना के शुरूआती लक्षण आने पर मैंने अपना टेस्ट करवाया और रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव आई है। मेरा अनुरोध है कि आप में से जो भी लोग पिछले कुछ दिनों में मेरे संपर्क में आयें हैं, कृपया स्वयं को आइसोलेट कर अपनी जाँच करवाएं।
— Dr. Raghu Sharma (@RaghusharmaINC) November 23, 2020
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot als took to Twitter and said, “Wishing my ministerial colleague, Dr Raghu Sharma Ji speedy recovery from COVID-19. May he gets well soon.”
Wishing my ministerial colleague, Dr. Raghu Sharma ji speedy recovery from #COVID19. May he gets well soon. @RaghusharmaINC
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) November 23, 2020
Meanwhile, the state has been witnessing a spike in coronavirus cases and to tackle the same, the Rajasthan government on Saturday decided to impose night curfew in eight districts of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Udaipur, Ajmer, Alwar and Bhilwara.
So far, the coronavirus tally in Rajasthan stands at 2,43,936 with 2,163 deaths in the country, as per the Health Ministry data.
-RJV