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AP CM tests negative for COVID-19

Apr 17, 2020, 20:50 IST
PTI
Amaravati, Apr 17 () Seeking to send a message thatcoronavirus screening is nothing to be afraid of, AndhraPradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Fridayvolunteered for a test, with his result returning negative.

The Chief Ministers blood was tested using the RapidTesting Kit (RTK) that was imported from South Korea earlierin the day.

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The RTK, which delivers the result in ten minutes,confirmed negative for Jagan in the test, according to a CMOrelease here.

The Chief Minister wanted to give a message that nobodyshould hesitate or have any apprehensions about gettingtested. Hence, he got tested himself, the release quoted Dr KRambabu, the state coordinator at the COVID-19 Command ControlCentre, as saying after he conducted the examination.

Jagan had earlier received the consignment of one lakhRTKs that landed in Vijayawada by a chartered flight fromSeoul.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stood at523 on Friday with 38 more people testing positive. DBVVS VS

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