New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on August 18 for post-Covid care, has been discharged.
Amit Shah was admitted to the hospital on August 18 following complaints of fatigue and body aches, merely a few days after his discharge after he tested negative for the novel coronavirus
In a statement on Saturday (August 29), AIIMS had said that Amit Shah had recovered and was to be discharged soon. “Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, is admitted at AIIMS, New Delhi for post-COVID care. He has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time,” the AIIMS had said.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 14, 2020
On August 2, the 55-year-old had taken to Twitter to announce that he had tested positive for Covid-19. He had undergone treatment for the coronavirus infection at Medanta Hospital and was discharged after he tested negative for the disease.
Amit Shah was the first Union cabinet minister to test positive for coronavirus. Since then, four other Union ministers have tested positive in India with Ayush minister Shripad Naik being the latest.
Prior to testing positive, the home minister was attending his office in the North Block regularly, besides working from home.
