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Vice President tests positive for COVID-19

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New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19 but is in good health, the Vice President Secretariat said.
Naidu, 71, who is asymptomatic, has been advised home quarantine.
In the evening, Naidu had addressed a virtual event on post-COVID healthcare where he urged the private sector to pitch in to improve healthcare system in rural India.
“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,” the Secretariat tweeted.
His wife Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation, the tweet said. (PTI)

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