Coronavirus / Rajasthan BJP chief tests +ve for COVID-19, under home isolation

Jaipur: Satish Poonia, State president of BJP in Rajasthan tested positive for coronavirus. Taking to Twitter he urged people who came in his contact over the last few days to get themselves tested for COVID-19. Poonia is asymptomatic and under home-isolation, as advised by doctors.

कल प्रवास से आने के बाद #Covid_19 की जांच करवाई यद्यपि मुझे लक्षण नहीं थे लेकिन मेरी रिपोर्ट +Ve आयी है और डाक्टरी सलाह पर मैंने स्वयं को घर पर ही ISOLATE किया है,
विगत दिनों मेरे से संपर्क में आए सभी व्यक्ति अपना परीक्षण करवा लें,सहयोग के लिए धन्यवाद।@BJP4Rajasthan @BJP4India

— Satish Poonia (@DrSatishPoonia) September 4, 2020

There has been an increase in political members in the state contracting COVID-19 in the state. Rajasthan Congress MLAs Ramlal Jat and Rafeek Khan and BJP MLAs Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Lahoti and Arjun Lal Jeengar are also among the recent ones to get tested positive for coronavirus.

A few days back, Rajasthan cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Chand Meena also had positive for Coronavirus. On the other hand, the Rajasthan government on Thursday decided to cut costs in different departments keeping in view the losses sustained due to coronavirus. The decision was taken at a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.