Minister tests positive

April 29, 2021 09:48 pm | Updated 09:48 pm IST - Tiruchi

S. Valarmathi, Minister for Backward Classes and Minority Welfare tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night.

According to sources in the health department, the minister had been feeling unwell and had taken a test for the viral infection. When the test returned positive, she was admitted at Apollo Hospitals for treatment at around 9 p.m.

Sources at the hospital said that she was stable and did not have any severe symptoms.

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