10 from MLA Rana’s family test Covid positive

AMRAVATI: Ten members from the family of Badnera MLA Ravi Rana and Amravati MP Navneet Rana tested positive on Monday.
Ravi Rana’s father (72) had tested positive on Sunday following which swabs of all the family members were collected for testing.
“The Rana couple has tested negative but Ravi Rana’s mother (70), son, daughter, sister and five other relatives tested positive,” said civil surgeon Dr Shyamsunder Nikam who visited Rana’s Ganga Savitri residence in Shankar Nagar on Monday morning along with AMC commissioner Prashant Rode.
Dr Nikam said Rana’s parents and kids have been referred to Nagpur while the MLA-MP couple has been home quarantined. “Though they have tested negative, another sample has been taken as a precautionary measure,” said Dr Nikam.
Rode told TOI that roads to Rana’s residence have been barricaded and the house and adjoining areas have been sanitized.
The Rana couple had been to Mumbai recently. They returned on July 28 and took rapid antigen test which had come negative.