Amit Shah was discharged from AIIMS on August 31. (Archive)
New Delhi:
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah was admitted to the AIIMS in Delhi last night, almost two weeks after being discharged from the hospital. He was previously admitted to the main hospital in the national capital for post-Covid care.
The 55-year-old BJP leader had tested positive for coronavirus, which has affected more than 46 lakh people in India so far, on August 2 when he was taken to the private Medanta hospital in Gurgaon. On August 14, he tweeted that he would be in home isolation for a few more days on the advice of his doctors.
He entered AIIMS on August 18 after complaining of “fatigue and body aches.” He left the hospital after 13 days on August 31 after doctors said the interior minister had “recovered.”
“Amit Shah, Union Interior Minister, is admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi, for post-COVID care. He has recovered and is likely to be discharged shortly,” AIIMS said in a statement on 30 of August.
Last night around 11pm, he was admitted to the hospital again.
The monsoon session of parliament begins tomorrow with Covid security measures, including the mandatory face mask and social distancing in place.
With 200 out of 785 MPs over the age of 65, and at least seven Union ministers and two dozen lawmakers recovering from COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed the monsoon session. India posted its biggest single-day increase of 97,570 new patients on Saturday, the government said.
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