Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has been admitted to hospital in Srinagar for COVID-19 treatment, informed his son and party leader Omar Abdullah. Farooq Abdullah had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30.
“Based on the advice of doctors to enable them to better monitor my father, he has been admitted to hospital in Srinagar. Our family remains grateful to everyone for their messages of support & their prayers,” Omar Abdullah said in a tweet.
The 85-year-old National Conference chief tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday (March 30). He was kept in home-isolation initially, but doctors on Saturday decided to shift him to a hospital for better medical care.
Several leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wished him a speedy recovery after news of his testing positive for the disease came to light.
Farooq Abdullah received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on March 2.