India News | Pondy MLA Tests Positive for COVID-19
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : Ruling Congress legislator and chairman of Puducherry Planning Authority T Jayamoorthy tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
Puducherry, Sept 26 (PTI): Ruling Congress legislator and chairman of Puducherry Planning Authority T Jayamoorthy tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
An official of the Department of Health and Family Welfare told PTI that the legislator tested positive at a government hospital here.
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Jayamoorthy would be shifted to a private hospital in Chennai, sources said.
Two of the Ministers of Puducherry and three legislators, including two members of the opposition parties - AINRC and AIADMK - had tested positive a few weeks ago and recovered after treatment inChennai.
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