Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP MP From Jammu-Poonch, Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Taking to Twitter, the BJP MLA said he had mild fever following which he got himself tested for coronavirus. He has urged all those who came in contact with him to get tested for coronavirus.
Srinagar, August 27: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Jammu-Poonch, has tested positive for COVID-19. Sharma made this announcement on micro-blogging site Twitter where he informed that he had mild fever, following which he got himself tested for the infection. Taking to Twitter, the BJP MLA said he had tested positive for coronavirus and urged all those who came in contact with him to get tested for COVID-19 at the earliest.
Sharma is a Rashtriya Swamyamsewak Sangh worker and has been a member of Lok Sabha following the 2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir. He was being elected from Jammu constituency as a candidate of BJP. He has been re-elected as a member of Lower House of Parliament in the 2019 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir from Jammu constituency. India Sees Biggest Single-Day Spike of 75,760 Coronavirus Cases.
Here's the tweet:
In Jammu and Kashmir, the coronavirus tally mounted to 34,480 with over 700 new cases of coronavirus detected on Wednesday. The death toll reached 657 with 19 more fatalities. A total of 15 deaths were reported from Kashmir while four were reported from the Jammu region. Srinagar topped the list of infections with 198 new cases on Wednesday, followed by 98 in Jammu district.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 27, 2020 01:29 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).