Updated April 22nd, 2020 at 12:31 IST
Maharashtra min Jitendra Awhad admitted to hospital amid Covid quarantine, negative report
Maha Housing Minister & NCP leader Jitendra Awhad got admitted to a private hospital in Mulund on Wednesday after experiencing fever & high blood pressure.
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Maharashtra Housing Minister and NCP leader Jitendra Awhad got admitted to a private hospital in Mulund on Tuesday after experiencing fever and high blood pressure. Awhad had earlier quarantined himself after his security staff tested positive for novel Coronavirus. The minister in a message had earlier said that his first test was negative for Coronavirus, but as a precaution, he has decided to self-quarantine for 14 days.
'I am fit and fine'
Last week, Awhad had shared his COVID-19 test report which came negative after some media reports claimed he had tested positive. He said that he is "fit and fine" and working on the streets. He claimed that some media houses were "using him" for TRP. He said that "undoubtedly" he was "overexposed" for a month. "God is kind who are kind to others,(sic)" the NCP leader wrote.
I m fit and fine
— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks)
Working on streets
But some channels using me for #TRP
Interesting to know that they think people watch this also @ANI @PTI_News
Plz c the report
Undoubtebly i was over exposed for over a month
God is kind who are kind to others pic.twitter.com/UkOAxXTRKk
Before that, he lashed out at BJP's Kirit Somaiya for casting aspersions on his COVID-19 test results. Somaiya had urged state Health Minister Rajesh Tope to clarify about the health status of Awhad and 14 of his contacts, claiming that there were contradictory reports in the media on whether they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Thanx for ur concern but u and me spoke and I told u about my report
— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks)
I don't know y r u asking health minister when u had the details
Y r u after cheap publicity
Is everything in media true
14 people with whom Awhad had come in close contact tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. This includes 5 bodyguards, a cook, a journalist, and his cameraman, three police constables and NCP workers. They reportedly contracted the virus from a senior inspector who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier.
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Published April 22nd, 2020 at 12:03 IST