Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19. Tharoor took to Twitter to make the announcement about his health condition.
He wrote, “After waiting two days for a test appointment and another day & a half for the results, I finally have confirmation: I’m #Covid positive. Hoping to deal with it in a “positive” frame of mind, with rest, steam & plenty of fluids. My sister& 85 year old mother are in the same boat.”
He added, “Folks should know that my sister has had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine in California and my mother & I took our second Covishield shot on April 8. So we have every reason to hope that though vaccines cannot prevent infection, they will moderate the impact of the #Covid virus.”
Folks should know that my sister has had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine in California and my mother & I took our second Covishield shot on April 8. So we have every reason to hope that though vaccines cannot prevent infection, they will moderate the impact of the #Covid virus. https://t.co/UPFZM0ICGU
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 21, 2021
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had tested positive for coronavirus. Elsewhere, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury too said that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He tweeted, “I have been tested covid positive, requesting all who came in contact with me for last 7 days must comply with covid protocols, I will be continuing my campaign through virtual platform, I do suggest and request all to take utmost care to keep away covid from your lives.”
I have been tested covid positive, requesting all who came in contact with me for last 7 days must comply with covid protocols, I will be continuing my campaign through virtual platform, I do suggest and request all to take utmost care to keep away covid from your lives.
— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) April 21, 2021
India is going through the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left a huge trail of deaths across India.