Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Tests Positive For Covid-19, Advised Home Quarantine

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Corona Positive : 71-year-old Indian Vice President is in good health and is asymptomatic. His wife also underwent the test and was found to be negative, and is in self isolation.

As MPs expressed anguish over the Hyderabad rape and murder case, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday suggested a rethink on the practice of allowing convicts in heinous crimes to go in for mercy appeals.

New Delhi: Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has tested positive for Covid-19 and is asymptomatic, the VP's office announced on Tuesday night. Naidu underwent a routine Covid-19 test when he was found to be positive. 71-year-old Indian Vice President is in good health and is asymptomatic. His wife also underwent the test and was found to be negative, and is in self isolation. "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. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation," Vice President's official Twitter handle announced.

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. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation.

— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) September 29, 2020

Several political leaders have been infected with Covid-19 and have recovered. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, AYUSH Minister Sripad Naik have recovered from the disease. Earlier this month, Union Minister of of Road Transport and Highways, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari  tested positive for Covid-19 and had to self-isolate himself. Before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on September 14, 17 Member of Parliament (MPs) tested positive for coronavirus in mandatory tests conducted before the Monsoon Session of Parliament. As many as 12 MPs from the BJP, the most from any party in Lok Sabha, were found infected with the disease during the test followed by the YSR Congress's two MPs and one each of the DMK, the Shiv Sena and the RLP.