Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla tests negative for Covid-19, says he's fit and healthy

Speaker Om Birla (ANI) — Speaker Om Birla **(ANI)**

1 min read . Updated: 03 Apr 2021, 06:59 PM IST Staff Writer

The LS Speaker was diagnosed with Covid-19 on 19 March
Taking to Twitter, he thanked all his well-wishers who prayed for his speedy recovery

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that he has tested negative for novel coronavirus infection today. Taking to Twitter, he posted that he was feeling fit and healthy. He was diagnosed with the infection on 19 March.

He also thanked all his well-wishers who prayed for his speedy recovery.

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My Covid-19 Report is Negative and I am fit and healthy now.

I am grateful to all well-wishers from India & abroad for having prayed for my good health. Thank you.
— Om Birla (@ombirlakota) April 3, 2021

The 58-year-old minister was admitted to the AIIMS COVID Centre in Delhi for observation on March 20 after testing positive for coronavirus, and he is presently stable, the hospital had said.

"He is stable and all his parameters are normal," the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said in a statement.

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