Delhi health minister will be tested again for COVID-19 tomorrow: Official
Jun 16, 2020, 22:51 IST
New Delhi, June 16 () Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday due to high-grade fever, will be tested again for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a senior official said.
The 55-year-old minister was brought to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) past midnight and was administered a test for novel coronavirus on Tuesday morning.
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"He still has fever. The minister tested negative for COVID-19 today. We are going to repeat the test tomorrow after 24 hours of the first test," the senior official told .
Doctors at the hospital said his condition is "stable" and had been taken off oxygen supply.
Jain, earlier in the day, tweeted to inform that he was admitted to RGSSH, a dedicated COVID-19 facility under the Delhi government.
"Due to high grade fever and a sudden drop of my oxygen levels last night. I have been admitted to RGSSH. Will keep everyone updated," he tweeted. KND SNE(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)