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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Tests Positive For Covid-19

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19, the Vice President Secretariat said.

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu poses for a picture. (Photograph: Vice President of India/Official Twitter Handle)

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19, the Vice President Secretariat said.

It said Naidu, 71, is asymptomatic and in good health.

"The Vice President of India who underwent a routine Covid-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is however, asymptomatic and in good health," the Secretariat tweeted.

Naidu has been advised home quarantine.

Also Read: Manish Sisodia Tests Negative For Covid-19, Discharged From Hospital

His wife Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation, the tweet said.

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