Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu tests positive for Covid-19, in home quarantine

• As per reports, Naidu is asymptomatic and in good health. Naidu’s wife Usha Naidu also underwent a test today, however, she has tested negative and is in self-isolation.

• “The Vice President of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is however, asymptomatic and in good health. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation,” read the official statement.

• Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, recently attended the monsoon session of parliament, which was cut short after more than 25 members tested positive for the deadly virus.

CONCLUSION

• Earlier, BJP leader Uma Bharti has also tested positive for coronavirus. She tweeted about her diagnosis in a late night post and urged all those who had come in contact with her to get tested for the virus.

• The leader said she got tested because she was down with a mild fever for three days and was positive for the virus in spite of following all Covid-19 norms including social distancing over her recent trip to the Himalayas.

• “I am currently quarantined at Vande Mataram Kunj that lies between Haridwar and Rishikesh. I will get another Covid-19 test done after four days and if the situation remains the same, will consult doctors,” Uma Bharti tweeted.