Former South Goa MP tests positive for Covid-19

Bindiya Chari | TNN | Aug 30, 2020, 21:00 IST

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PANAJI: Former South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar tested positive for Covid-19. Sawaikar tweeted his Covid status after receiving his test result on Friday evening.
In his post, Sawaikar said he has been “asymptomatic” and has been admitted to Covid-sub district hospital in Ponda.

Today I underwent Covid-19 test & it has turned out assymptomatically positive. My vitals are within normal limits… https://t.co/Yk4jWM5ZkP
— Narendra Sawaikar नरेंद्र सावईकर (@NSawaikar) 1598784164000

“My vitals are within normal limits,” he said in the post while appealing to people who may have come in contact with him in the last four days to get tested and take precautions.
Union Ayush minister Shripad Naik continues to be in hospital. His condition is “stable and he is improving,” said Dr Shekhar Salkar, chief of clinical services at Manipal Hospitals.
Former chief minister and NCP MLA Churchill Alemao and former deputy chief minister Ramkrishna Dhavalikar are also recovering from coronavirus.