Minister M.P. Saminathan tests positive for COVID-19

Published - December 16, 2021 11:51 pm IST - Coimbatore

Minister for Information and Publicity M.P. Saminathan was admitted to a private hospital here after testing positive for COVID-19.

Hospital sources said on Thursday that he was hospitalised on Wednesday morning after his test results returned as positive. The 57-year-old Minister had been vaccinated with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and was found to be asymptomatic during admission, the sources said.

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