Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis has tested negative positive for COVID-19 and was discharged from hospital on Wednesday.
He was admitted in St. George's Hospital in Mumbai. Fadnavis was given plasma therapy at the hospital. He was also given some steroids and Remdisivir as his oxygen levels had slightly dropped.
“I have been working every single day since the lockdown but now it seems that God wants me to stop for a while and take a break ! I have tested COVID-19 positive and in isolation,” Fadnavis had tweeted on October 24.
“Taking all medication and treatment as per the advice of the doctors,” he had said .
“Those who have come in contact with me are advised to get covid19 tests done. Take care, everyone!” the former Maharashtra CM, who is the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) now, said in another tweet.
Ahead of the Bihar polls, Fadnavis was appointed as the BJP’s in-charge for the Assembly elections there.