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Coronavirus reaches Bihar CM house, Nitish Kumar’s family member tests Covid19 positive

Four of the 88 contacts of the BJP MLC have, however, tested positive.

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The coronavirus has reached Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s house as his niece tested positive and has been admitted to Covid19 isolation ward, AIIMS, Patna.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has sent swab sample for Covid-19 test after attending an event with a BJP leader infected with coronavirus on Saturday.

Nitish Kumar and Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and legislative assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary tested negative for coronavirus among the several high profile people who had come in contact with a BJP functionary who tested positive for the disease on Saturday. Four of the 88 contacts of the BJP MLC have, however, tested positive.

It was reported earlier that the 16 samples from the chief minister’s residence have tested negative,” the health department functionary said.

Kumar, Modi, Chaudhary, besides some other ministers and politicians had come in contact with Covid-infected BJP leader during the swearing-in ceremony of nine MLCs at the Bihar legislative council on July 1.

The infected BJP leader, his wife, son and a personal assistant were among the five people admitted to the Covid-19 isolation ward at AIIMS-Patna on Saturday.

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