Vijay Rupani in self-isolation after Gujarat Congress MLA he met tests positive for coronavirus

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has decided to be in self-isolation for a week after a Congress MLA whom he met on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus.

The chief minister will run the state administration from home without meeting anyone. 

Rupani will run the state administration through technological facilities like video conference, video-calling and tele-calling, Chief Minister's Office (CMO) secretary Ashwani Kumar said on Wednesday.

Kumar said that Rupani's health is fine.

"No visitor will be allowed at the chief minister's residence for the next week," he said.

Congress MLA Imran Khedawala, who tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday evening, had met Rupani along with other party legislators in the morning.

Kumar said the legislator committed a big mistake by not staying at home when he had already given his samples for coronavirus testing.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy CM Nitin Patel and MoS (Home) Pradeep Singh Jadeja.

The MLA from the Khadia-Jamalpur seat of Ahmedabad will be admitted to a designated COVID-19 hospital soon, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Om Prakash Machra said.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 695 as 56 more people were tested positive for COVID-19.

Of the new cases, 42 were reported from Ahmedabad, six from Surat, three each from Vadodara and Panchmahal, and each from Botad and Kheda, the state health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad has gone up to 404, followed by 116 in Vadodara-, it said.