Four Persons At Sharad Pawar’s Mumbai Residence Test COVID-19 Positive

Last updated Aug 18, 2020

Mumbai: Four persons at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence in south Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday.

Four persons at NCP chief Sharad
Pawar's home in south Mumbai test positive for
coronavirus, says Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope; Pawar tests negative
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Pawar’s test results have come out negative, but he will be asked not to go on any state tour for next some days, Tope told reporters.

“Two people, including a cook, and two security guards at Pawar’s ‘Silver Oak’ residence here have tested positive for coronavirus,” the minister said.

He said Pawar was taken to Breach Candy Hospital here on Sunday for test and the results came out negative. “He is safe and sound…but will ask him not to go on state tour for next some days,” Tope said.