New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished good health and a speedy recovery to his predecessor Manmohan Singh, who tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here with a mild fever.

Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre, which is a dedicated COVID facility, sources said, adding his condition is stable.

They said Singh had a mild fever in the morning and later tested positive for COVID-19.

"Wishing our former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Ji good health and a speedy recovery," Modi tweeted.

The doctors are monitoring Singh's condition. He had taken both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

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