Padmini Dian is the third minister within the state to have contracted the illness.
Bhubaneswar:
Odisha minister of textile and handicrafts, Padmini Dian, on Thursday stated she has examined optimistic for COVID-19, and was present process dwelling isolation.
Ms Dian is the third minister within the state to have contracted the illness. Earlier, increased schooling minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, and labour minister Susant Singh had been identified with the an infection.
“I undertook pattern assessments after creating delicate fever and got here to know that I’ve contracted COVID-19 on Thursday morning. I’m curretly present process dwelling isolation,” the Kotpad MLA informed PTI over cellphone.
She requested individuals who have are available in contact along with her lately to isolate themselves and undertake the check.
Greater than a dozen legislators within the state have to date contracted the an infection.
In July, BJP MLA from Nilgiri, Sukanta Kumar Nayak, grew to become the primary legislator within the coastal state to check optimistic for the illness.
Two Lok Sabha MPs — BJP’s Suresh Pujari from Bargarh and BJD’s Manjulata Mandal from Bhadrak — had been identified with the illness final month.
Chief of Opposition and senior BJP chief Pradipta Kumar Naik has appealed to all MLAs and MPs to strictly adhere to COVID-19 protocols through the course of their work.
“The MLAs and MPs ought to take vital precautions to protect towards COVID-19 as folks may want their assist, within the midst of the pandemic and floods,” he stated.
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