Uttar Pradesh MoS Health Atul Garg tests positive for coronavirus

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Atul Garg, said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
1 min read Last Updated : Aug 18 2020 | 2:14 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Atul Garg, said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Garg requested all those who came in contact with him recently to get tested for the disease.

"On August 15, RTPCR test was done and I had tested negative. Yesterday, in the rapid test conducted at around 9 pm, I tested positive. People who came in contact with me from August 16 to August 18 should get themselves tested," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Two UP ministers, Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan, recenly succumbed to COVID-19.

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First Published: Aug 18 2020 | 2:03 PM IST

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