Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat tests positive for COVID-19

Guwahati: Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has become the latest high-profile figure in the country to test positive for the dreaded COVID-19.

The Minister on Thursday announced via a tweet that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The minister said in a tweet that he underwent a COVID-19 test after experiencing symptoms of the infection.

After testing positive for the virus, the minister shall be undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said.

"I underwent a coronavirus test after developing symptoms and the report has come positive. I am getting hospitalized on the advice of doctors. I request all who have come in my contact in the past days to isolate themselves and get tested," Shekhawat wrote in a tweet in Hindi.

The revelation that the Jal Shakti Minister if COVID-19 positive has set the alarm bells ringing as he had held several meetings recently.

The minister held two important meetings on Tuesday. One was on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL). Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh attended the meeting virtually while his Haryana counterpart M L Khattar was physically present at the meeting with Shekhawat, his deputy in the ministry Rattan Lal Kataria, and senior officials.

As reports, Kataria was also present for another meeting alongside Shekhawat in a virtual conference with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami.

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