Odisha

Ranendra Pratap Swain, 2nd Odisha Minister To Test COVID-19 Positive In A Day

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Ranendra Pratap Swain has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the second minister on Friday to test positive for the disease.

Swain in a tweet said though he does not have any symptoms, he has tested positive for COVID-19. He is under home isolation on the advice of his doctor.

The minister has requested all those who came in contact with him recently to undergo COVID-19 test.

Swain is the sixth minister in the state to have tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier on the day, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Minister Tukuni Sahu tested positive.

Minister for Tourism and Culture Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh, Higher Education minister Arun Kumar Sahu and Minister for Textiles, Handlooms & Handicrafts Padmini Dian have also been infected.

Also Read: Tukuni Sahu, Fifth Odisha Minister To Test COVID-19 Positive

OB Bureau

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