Maharashtra PWD minister Ashok Chavan tests Covid-19 positive in Nanded

Maharashtra PWD Minister Ashok Chavan is reported to have tested Covid-19 positive, party sources told IANS.

The former Chief Minister's condition has been described as asymptomatic and he is under treatment in Nanded, his home town.

 

He is the second Cabinet Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to test positive after Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad was diagnosed last month. After nearly a month's treatment, Awhad was fully cured and discharged.