India News | COVID-19: C'garh Cong MLA Tests Positive, Hospitalised
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Congress MLA from Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh has tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said on Monday.
Rajnandgaon, Jun 22 (PTI) A Congress MLA from Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh has tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said on Monday.
He has been admitted in a hospital after his reports returned positive while his family and staff have been quarantined as per protocol, Rajnandgaon Collector Topeshwar Verma said.
A district health official said the MLA had visited the house of a man who had died in Dongargaon and this may have been the cause of infection as a relative of the deceased and another youth who attended the funeral were later detected with COVID-19.
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