Union Education Minister ‘Nishank’ tests positive for COVID-19
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has tested positive for Covid-19. He has informed the same by tweeting through his official account.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has tested positive for Covid-19, on Wednesday, April 21.
Nishank tweets, “This is to inform you all that I have tested Covid positive today. I am taking medication and treatment as per the advice of my doctors. Request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant, and get themselves tested.”
He further adds, “All the work of @EduMinOfIndia is being conducted normally observing necessary precautions.”
All the work of @EduMinOfIndia is being conducted normally observing necessary precautions.
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) April 21, 2021
Although, the Coronavirus has earlier gripped the Former PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Covid-19 cases in India are snowballing at intractable rates. On Tuesday, India has reported more than 2.95,000 cases. Though, in order to make a clampdown on the Coronavirus, the government has made the vaccination available for the ones who are above 18, with effect from the 1st of May, 2021.