Two more Maharashtra Ministers — Nitin Raut and Hasan Mushrif – tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
The two ministers took to twitter to share information about their having contracted Coronavirus.
Sixty-three-year Raut, who is Maharashtra Energy Minister and the State working president of Congress, tweeted: “I have tested positive for COVID-19. I would request all those who had come in contact with me to get themselves tested as a precautionary measure. Stay Safe everyone and take care”.
Mushrif, who is the State Rural Development Minister and NCP leader, said in a Marathi tweet posted on his official handle: “I have tested positive for COVID-19 and those who came in my contact should get themselves tested. I will soon be at your service defeating coronavirus. My health is fine”.
With Friday’s development, the total number of Maharashtra ministers testing positive for Covid-19 has gone up to ten. Earlier, Ministers Jitendra Awhad (housing), Ashok Chavan (PWD), Dhananjay Munde (social justice), Sunil Kedar (animal husbandry), Balasaheb Patil (cooperation), Aslam Shaikh (textile), Abdul Sattar (MoS-rural development), Sanjay Bansode (MoS-environment) and Vishwajit Kadam (MoS-cooperation) had tested positive for Coronavirus.
