Bhubaneswar MLA Ananta Narayan Jena Tests COVID-19 Positive
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar (Central) MLA Ananta Nayayan Jena has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Jena, who is also the former mayor of Bhubaneswar, informed this in a tweet on Thursday morning. He, however, added that his condition is stable.
Feeling the COVID-19 symptoms, I got the test done & reported corona virus positive. I am fine & home quarantined. Request that, those who have come in my contact should isolate themselves & get tested.@CMO_Odisha @Naveen_Odisha @BJD4Odisha
— Ananta Narayan Jena (Bunu Bhai) (@bbsrcentralmla) August 20, 2020
With Jena, eight leaders of the ruling BJD, including a minister, have been infected with the virus so far.
The others include Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) Chairperson and BJD General Secretary Srimayee Mishra, Odisha Small Industries Corporation Chairperson Chinmoy Kumar Sahoo, Rural Development, Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Minister Susanta Singh, Khandapada MLA and Editor of ‘Sambad’ Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Polasara MLA Srikant Sahu, Remuna MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar Parida and Salepur MLA Prasant Behera.
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