AAP leader Raghav Chadha tests COVID-19 positive

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s national spokesperson and Delhi Jal board Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha informed on Thursday that he was in home-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.

Taking to Twitter to announce his current health situation, the AAP MLA informed that he does not have serious symptoms but he is practicing self-isolation for the next few days as a precautionary measure.

"I would like to inform you all that I have tested positive for COVID-19. No serious symptoms have surfaced yet but as a precautionary measure I am practicing self isolation for next few days," he said.

Chadha also advised precautions to those who have come in direct contact with him in the last few days.

"My humble appeal to all who have came in direct contact with me in the last few days - if you notice any symptoms, please get yourself tested & take all necessary precautions. It is our responsibility to keep ourselves & others safe, preventing further spread of the virus," he said.

My humble appeal to all who have came in direct contact with me in the last few days - if you notice any symptoms, please get yourself tested & take all necessary precautions. It is our responsibility to keep ourselves & others safe, preventing further spread of the virus.

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) March 11, 2021

Being a sitting MLA from Rajinder Nagar, Chadha holds several portfolios in Delhi government. He is the Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board as well as Chairperson of Rogi Kalyan Samiti in the government-run Lok Nayak Hospital.

Delhi recorded 409 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily count in nearly two months.

Health experts and doctors have attributed this "sudden rise" to complacency in people and not following Covid-19 appropriate behaviour and "assuming all is well now".