Ludhiana, Jan 24 (PTI) Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday, said a senior doctor of the hospital where he was admitted.

The doctor said the five-time chief minister was stable.

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Dr Rajesh Mahajan, incharge of the team of doctors attending to Badal, said the samples of the 94-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch was sent to the Patiala lab for testing and he tested positive for the Omicron variant.

Badal is having sore throat, slight cough and mild fever but he is stable, Mahajan added.

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Badal was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital last week when he tested positive for coronavirus.

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