Coronavirus : Health Minister tests positive for COVID19
Sikkim’s health minister M K Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19 and gone in for home isolation.
In an official statement, Sharma said, “I would like to inform the Sikkimese people that I have developed symptoms of Covid-19 and got myself tested today and the result came positive. I’m under isolation and I’m fine. I appeal to everyone not to panic and request those who came in contact with me (primary) to self-isolate and get tested after seven days or if they develop symptoms.”
Till Friday morning, Sikkim recorded 1,336 cases of Covid-19 while the death toll in the Himalayan state stood at three.
In Sikkim, 834 people have been cured from the infectious disease so far.
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