Days after presenting budget, Punjab FM Manpreet Badal tests Covid-19 positive

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Days after presenting budget, Punjab FM Manpreet Badal tests Covid-19 positive

Published : Mar 12, 2021, 10:17 am IST
Updated : Mar 12, 2021, 10:17 am IST

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Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, the minister confirmed that he was reported coronavirus positive.

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"I would like to inform everyone that I have tested positive for COVID and I will be in quarantine for the next coming days. I got myself tested before the session and then again immediately after the session. Before the session, I tested negative. After the session, I have tested positive," he said.

The minister urged people who have been in contact with him in recent days to get tested for coronavirus.

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