Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tests positive for novel coronavirus; in self-isolation

In an unfortunate development on Wednesday, September 16, Union Ro Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gkari tested positive for vel coronavirus. Revealing that he was feeling weak since Tuesday, Gkari underwent testing after consulting his doctor. Mentioning that he has isolated himself, Union Minister stated that he was doing well with good wishes of people. Moreover, he appealed to everyone who came in his contact recently to be careful and follow protocol. 

Gkari's ministerial colleagues including Amit Shah, Shrip Naik, Dharmendra Prhan, Kailash Choudhary, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Shekhawat and Suresh Angi were also diagsed with COVID-19. 

ditionally, leing politicians and constitutional functionaries such as Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Tamil Nu Goverr Banwarilal Purohit and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram have tested positive for vel coronavirus. In mandatory tests carried out before beginning of Monsoon session of Parliament, it was revealed that at least 25 MPs- 17 from Lok Sabha and 8 from Rajya Sabha have contracted virus. This includes BJP parliamentarians such as Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde and Parvesh Verma. 

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vel coronavirus crisis

Currently, re are 50,20,359 confirmed vel coronavirus cases in India out of which 39,42,360 patients have recovered while 82,066 fatalities have been reported. re are 9,95,933 active cases in country. With 82,961 patients recovering in last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 recovery rate soared to 78.53%. At present, recovered cases outnumber active cases by 29,46,427.

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Presh, Uttar Presh, Tamil Nu contribute 60% of active cases. dressing press on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan refuted tion that re is a short of oxygen. ting that current capacity for production of oxygen is slightly more than 6,900 metric tonne, he urged every state to ensure proper inventory manment so that oxygen can be replenished in time. 

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