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Farooq Abdullah Tests Positive For Covid-19, ‘Showing Some Symptoms’, Confirms Son Omar

Omar said he “will be self-isolating along with other family members” and urged all those who have come in contact with them over the last few days “to take all the mandated precautions”.

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19 and is “showing some symptoms”, confirmed his son and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday.

Omar said he “will be self-isolating along with other family members” and urged all those who have come in contact with them over the last few days “to take all the mandated precautions”.

“My father has tested positive for COVID-19 & is showing some symptoms. I will be self-isolating along with other family members until we get ourselves tested. I request anyone who has come in to contact with us over the last few days to take all the mandated precautions,” he tweeted.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My father has tested positive for COVID-19 &amp; is showing some symptoms. I will be self-isolating along with other family members until we get ourselves tested. I request anyone who has come in to contact with us over the last few days to take all the mandated precautions.</p>&mdash; Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) <a href="https://twitter.com/OmarAbdullah/status/1376738046096252932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>March 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Jammu and Kashmir earlier on Monday recorded 235 new positive cases, taking the tally to 1,30,228, PTI reported. There were, however, no fresh casualties.

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