Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale tested positive for Covid-19, here on Tuesday.
He made the announcement through social media and appealed to all those who came in contact with him to undergo tests and exercise full precautions.
Athawale, 60, had attended a crowded function in Mumbai on Monday when actresses Payal Ghosh, Soni Kanishka, lawyer Nitin Satpute, realtor Yogesh Karkera and businessman Ankush Chaphekar, formally joined the Republican Party of India (A).
This week, there were other notables, including Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das who tested Covid positive and are under treatment.
In February, 2020, a video of Athawale, Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Tang Guocai and Buddhist monks chanting “Go corona, go corona” at a prayer meeting went viral on social media.
