Uttarakhand CM Rawat being taken to AIIMS, Delhi for tests

Mr. Rawat was in home isolation since December 18 after testing positive for COVID-19

December 28, 2020 02:17 pm | Updated 02:17 pm IST - Dehradun

File photo of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat

File photo of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalised in Dehradun after developing fever on Sunday, is being taken to AIIMS, Delhi for tests, his physician said.

“The Chief Minister’s health parameters are normal. His fever has also gone down since Sunday night. There is slight infection in his lungs,” his physician N.S. Bisht said on Monday.

The Chief Minister is being taken to AIIMS, Delhi for necessary tests on the advice of doctors there, he said.

Mr. Rawat was in home isolation since December 18 after testing positive for COVID-19 and was shifted to the Government Doon Medical College here after developing fever on Sunday evening. His wife and daughter had also tested positive for COVID-19.

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