Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tests negative for Covid-19, to be discharged from hospital

NEW DELHI: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain has tested negative for Covid-19 and is expected to be discharged from hospital on Friday, sources said.
Jain, who was administered plasma therapy, tested positive for Covid-19 on June 17, a day after he was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) with high-grade fever and a sudden drop in oxygen levels.
The 55-year-old minister was shifted to the ICU of Max Hospital, Saket, on June 19 after his condition worsened.
"He has tested negative for Covid-19 and is expected to be discharged shortly," a source said.
Jain was moved out of the ICU of the dedicated Covid-19 facility on June 22, two days after he was administered plasma therapy.