Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tests COVID-19 positive

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Oct 24, 2020, 02:50 PM IST

BJP leader and former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

BJP leader and former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Fadnavis took to micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday to confirm the news and to request everyone who has come in contact with him to get tested.

"I have been working every single day since the lockdown but now it seems that God wants me to stop for a while and take a break! I have tested #COVID19 positive and in isolation.
Taking all medication & treatment as per the advice of the doctors," Fadnavis tweeted.

"Those who have come in contact with me are advised to get covid19 tests done. Take care, everyone!" he further said in a tweet.

Fadnavis had been named as the BJP's in-charge for the Assembly elections in Bihar.