On Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tested positive and requested all those who had come in touch with him in the past few days to isolate themselves and get tested.

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Trouble for Karti

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P. Chidambaram, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Karti, an MP from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, is under home quarantine. He has urged all those who came in contact with him to follow medical protocol.

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State troubles

In Maharashtra, five ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government had tested positive earlier.

Among them were Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar and Congress’ Aslam Shaikh, who holds the textiles, port and fisheries portfolio — both tested positive at the end of July.

NCP ministers Dhananjay Munde and Jitendra Awhad, and PWD Minister Ashok Chavan of the Congress had tested positive in June, April and May, respectively.

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Down south

In Tamil Nadu, Labour Minister Nilofer Kafeel had tested positive on 17 July, the fourth minister in the state to be diagnosed with Covid-19 after K.P. Anbalagan (Higher Education), Sellur K. Raju (Cooperation) and P. Thangamani (Electricity).

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Virus spread

In June, Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj had tested positive for the virus, forcing Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to go into quarantine.

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Domino effect

In Telangana, senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao tested positive in June. Besides Rao, two TRS MLAs, Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy and Bajireddy Govardhan, tested positive for Covid-19 in the same month.