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UP excise minister Ram Naresh Agnihotri tests positive for COVID

Uttar Pradesh Excise Minister Ram Naresh Agnihotri has tested positive for COVID-19. Speaking to PTI over phone, 63-year-old Agnihotri said he has been undergoing treatment at Max Hospital in Delhi after his diagnosis. Mr. Agnihotri tested positive for the novel coronavirus on October 6. On the same day, he was admitted to Max Hospital in Delhi.

A second test was conducted on him on Tuesday and the result came positive as well. The Minister exuded confidence that he would defeat COVID-19 and return to work.

Meanwhile, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Kalyan Singh was discharged from a Ghaziabad hospital after he recovered from COVID-19, an official said on Monday. Mr. Singh, a former Governor of Rajasthan, was admitted to Ghaziabad’s Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital on September 16 after he tested positive for the virus.

He was shifted from Lucknow’s Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences to the hospital. The hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr. Anuj Agarwal, told PTI that the BJP leader’s test report came negative on Saturday. Mr. Singh suffered from other health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, Parkinson’s disease, kidney and heart-related issues. On October 2, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tested positive for COVID-19. –PTI

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