MoS health Bharati Pawar tests positive for Covid, under home quarantine

Pawar is among a growing list of politicians who have contracted Covid. Earlier, Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde had also tested positive.

File photo of Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar | ANI photo

Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar on Thursday said she has tested positive for coronavirus.

“Today my #Covid-19 test report has come out positive and I have quarantined myself at home. All those who came in contact with me in the last few days are requested to get their #Covid test done and follow the rules for prevention of coronavirus,” the minister tweeted.

आज मेरी #Covid_19 टेस्ट का रिपोर्ट POSITIVE आया है और मैने अपने आप को घर में क्वॉरंटाइन कर लिया है.
मेरे संपर्क में आये व्यक्तियों से निवेदन है कि वो अपना #Covid-19 टेस्ट करवाएं और कोरोना के बचाव के नियमों का पालन करें.

— Dr.Bharati Pravin Pawar (@DrBharatippawar) January 6, 2022

Pawar is the Lok Sabha member from Dindori in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

Earlier this week, Lok Sabha member from south Mumbai Arvind Sawant, Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde and MLA Vidya Thakur (from Goregaon in Mumbai) had also tested positive.

Last week, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said 10 ministers and 20 MLAs had tested positive for the coronavirus in the state.

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