Manmohan & T’gana CM KCR test +ve
DurgeshNandan Jha & Koride Mahesh TNN
20.04.2021
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Monday after testing positive for Covid-19. The 88-year-old has taken both doses of Covid vaccine. Meanwhile, a public meeting that Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao held in Halia for the Nagarjuna Sagar assembly bypoll has led to the town becoming a Covid hotspot with nearly 60 people, including KCR, from the one lakh gathering testing positive.
Former PM Manmohan Singh (L) & Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao
‘Manmohan’s condition is stable, showing mild symptoms’
TRS candidate, Nomula Bhagat and family members of politicians who attended the meeting too tested positive.
Senior officials said KCR has mild symptoms at present and is being treated at his farmhouse in Erravelli. The public meeting was held on April 14. Voting for the bypoll was held on April 17 and the result is on May 2.
KCR, who was suffering from mild fever, body ache and other symptoms since Sunday tested positive for Covid-19 in a rapid antigen test. Later, an RTPCR test result too was positive.
Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar told TOI that a special team of doctors has been deputed to monitor KCR’s health. The staff and people who moved with him closely have also been asked to get themselves tested and go for home isolation for a few days.
Former PM Singh has mild symptoms of the disease, including fever and has been admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, which is a dedicated Covid facility, hospital sources said, adding that his condition is stable. The decision to hospitalise the former PM was taken considering his age and history of illness. Singh is known to be diabetic and a heart patient. He has undergone two bypass surgeries. In 1990, he underwent a bypass surgery in the UK, followed by an angioplasty in 2004 in Delhi. In 2009, he again underwent bypass surgery at AIIMS to open-up blocked arteries.
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