Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya holds the portfolio of the Ministry of People with Disabilities. (File)
Lucknow:
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has tested positive for COVID-19.
On Friday, the minister urged all who have come into his contact in recent days, to get tested for COVID-19 and self-quarantine.
Mr Maurya, 51, who holds the portfolio for the Department of Persons with Disabilities, said in a tweet: “After the first symptoms of the corona infection, I got tested. My report turned positive today.”
“I ask all of you who have come into my contact in recent days to come to the nearest health center to get tested and follow the rules for COVID,” he said.
Several ministers in the UP government have tested positive for the infection in recent weeks and months. Two UP ministers – Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan – have died from COVID-19.
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