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Former PM Manmohan Singh returns home, gets discharged from AIIMS after COVID illness

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: April 29, 2021 4:37 PM

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been discharged from AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi, after recovering from Covid-19, an ...

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been discharged from AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi, after recovering from Covid-19, an AIIMS Official said as reported by ANI. The veteran Congress leader, was admitted to AIIMS on April 19. He had mild symptoms of fever. Manmohan Singh, 88, had been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre, which is a dedicated COVID facility. Officials had said that Singh had a mild fever and later tested positive for COVID-19. 

Dr Manmohan Singh had taken both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Singh had taken the two doses of COVID-19 vaccine on March 4 and April 3. On Saturday, a congress leader had said that the former PM is recuperating well. "Singh is stable and is progressing well. He has had no episodes of fever," Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. Just before testing positive for Covid-19, Singh had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and suggested five measures to battle the COVID-19 crisis, including ramping up vaccination and boosting the supply of medicines.

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