Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu tests COVID-19 positive

Sept. 29: M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India has tested positive for noble coronavirus during a routine test on Tuesday evening. He is however, asymptomatic and in good health. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation. Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, recently attended the monsoon session of parliament, which was cut short after more than 25 members tested positive for the deadly virus.

The office of the 71-year-old Vice President in a tweet on Tuesday wrote, “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. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation.”

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. He has been advised home quarantine. His wife Smt. Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation.

— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) September 29, 2020