Bhubaneswar: Minister for Textiles, Handlooms and Handicrafts Padmini Dian has tested positive for COVID-19.
She is currently in home quarantine.
The minister has asked those who had come in contact with her in the past few days to get themselves tested.
Dian is the third minister from the state to have contracted the virus.
Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo had tested positive on August 31 and Rural Development Minister Susanta Singh on August 17.
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