Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu tests positive for COVID-19

Becomes third chief minister to test positive after ML Khattar and Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 02:30 AM Sep 16, 2020 IST

Tribune News Service
Kolkata, September 15

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday reported testing “positive” for coronavirus infection.

“I had undergone Covid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19. I am asymptomatic and feeling healthy. However as per SOP and safety of others, I am self-isolating myself and request everyone who came in contact with me to adhere to the SOP,” Khandu said in a tweet.

I had undergone Covid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19.
I am asymptomatic and feeling healthy. However as per SOP and safety of others, I am self isolating myself and request everyone who came in contact with me to adhere to the SOP.
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) September 15, 2020

Jambey Tsering, who is attached to the chief minister as Public Relations Officer, said Khandu went to Delhi on September 12.

“He got himself tested in Delhi only and right now he is in isolation at the Arunachal Bhavan in Delhi,” Tsering said.

Khandu (41) is the third chief minister to test positive for COVID-19. Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tested positive for COVID. Both Chouhan and Khattar recovered from the infection.