Jaishankar Tests COVID Positive; Check Other Union Ministers To Have Been Infected

New Delhi: S Jaishankar on Thursday joined a growing list of Union ministers to have contracted coronavirus since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Union External Affairs Minister Jaishankar tweeted on Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and urged all those who came in recent contact with him to take suitable precautions.

Jaishankar had, earlier in the day, taken part in a virtual event –‘ The French Presidency: EU-India Partnership in the Indo Pacific’ — along with French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Home minister Amit Shah was the first member of the Union Cabinet to have contracted the coronavirus — on August 2, 2020. Earlier this month, Defence minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for the virus.

In between several Central ministers have been infected by coronavirus. Here’s the list:

* External Affairs minister S Jaishankar

* Defence minister Rajnath Singh

* Mahendra Nath Pandey

* Bharati Pawar

* Nityanand Rai

* Rajeev Chandrasekhar

* Road and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari

* Tourism minister Prahlad Singh Patel

* Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan

* Ravi Shankar Prasad

* Babul Supriyo (thrice) – he has quit BJP joined Trinamool Congress

* Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal

* Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

* AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik

* Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary

Note: Some in this list are no longer Union ministers.