Nitin Gadkari Tests Positive For COVID, Goes Into Home Isolation

NEW DELHI || Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nain Gadkari has tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus. He himself tweeted this saying he was feeling extremely weak for the past one day.

"Yesterday, I was feeling weak and consulted my Doctor. During the course of my check up, I have been tested COVID 19 positive. I am at present doing well with the blessings and good wishes of all. I have isolated myself," his tweet read. He also urged people who had come in contact with him to get themselves tested.

He is the eight union minister to have been infected with the virus. Union home minister Amit Shah has already been infected and has been in and out of medical facilities. More than two dozen MP's have also been infected so far.