Maharashtra Cong minister Aslam Shaikh tests Covid positive

Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Minister and senior Congress leader from Mumbai Aslam Shaikh has tested positive for Covid-19.Shaikh, 47, is a three-time MLA from Malad West, and holds the textiles, fisheries and ports folios, besides being the Guardian Minister of Mumbai City."This is to inform you that I have tested positive for Covid-10. I am currently asymptomatic and isolating myself," Shaikh said in an early-morning tweetHe also urged people to have come in close contact with him to get tested as a precaution."I will continue to work from home to serve people of my state," he said.Shaikh is the fourth cabinet member of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ministry to get infected in past 4 months.The first was Nationalist Congress Party's Jitendra Awhad in April, followed by Congress' Ashok Chavan and Dhananjay Munde also of NCP.
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