Puducherry, July 25: Opposition AINRC legislator in Puducherry, N S J Jayabal has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first MLA in the union territory to contract the virus.

Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar told PTI on Saturday that Jayabal was admitted to a private hospital after he tested positive for the infection last night.

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Jayabal, elected to the territorial Assembly from Kadirkamam constituency, was attending the ongoing budget session of the Assembly since the sitting began on July 20, except on Friday.

A spokesman of the Assembly secretariat saidall the legislators of the territorial Assembly would be screened as a precautionary measure today.

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