Himachal CM Tests Positive for COVID-19
Guwahati: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has tested positive for the novel Covid-19.
This was said by a spokesman for the state government.
The official stated that Sukhu who was in Delhi and scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday has quarantined himself even though he is asymptomatic.
Sukhu’s engagements have all been rescheduled.
Ten new Covid cases were reported in the nation’s capital on Sunday, with a positive rate of 0.46 percent, according to information provided by the local health department.
Sukhu along with Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, state Congress Chief Pratibha Singh and 38 newly elected MLAs had joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan on December 16.
Sukhu has been in New Delhi and met several Congress leaders, including AICC in-charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajiv Shukla and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, over the last few days.