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Health Ministry Official Lav Agarwal Tests Positive For COVID-19

“Dear All, Just to inform that I have tested positive for COVID-19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon,” said Agarwal. 

Updated: August 14, 2020 9:31 PM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Surabhi Shaurya

Lav Agarwal Tests Positive For COVID-19
Lav Aggarwal Tests Positive For COVID

New Delhi: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday.  Agarwal, who had addressed multiple COVID-19 briefings, said that he has initiated home isolation as per guidelines. He also asked all his friends and colleagues to self monitor their health status.

“Dear All, Just to inform that I have tested positive for COVID-19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon,” said the health ministry official.

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Notably, he is the latest to join the bandwagon of top officials who have contracted the virus in line of duty.

Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had informed that he has tested negative for the novel coronavirus. On August 2, Shah had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

Several top leaders such as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, former president Pranab Mukherjee have tested positive for the highly contagious virus. Chouhan, however, has recovered after spending almost 10 days in hospital.

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