Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu conducting proceedings in the upper house during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. RSTV/PTI file
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 29
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for COVID 19 after a routine test in the morning.
In a tweet later today, the Vice President office said, “The Vice President of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is however, asymptomatic and in good health. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation.”
The Vice President of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is however, asymptomatic and in good health. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation.
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) September 29, 2020
During the recently concluded Parliament session, two ministers -- Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel -- had tested positive.
Naidu, 71, as chairman of Rajya Sabha, attended the Session and chaired proceedings.
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