Union minister Jitendra Singh says tested positive for coronavirus

Singh asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves screened.

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves screened.

"I have today tested #COVID positive with symptoms. Please get yourself screened if you were in my contact recently and take care," he tweeted.

Singh, who holds multiple portfolios, including Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, is also the Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur constituency.