File photo of Interior Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)
Shah has been suffering from post-Covid ailments for a month. He was previously admitted to AIIMS on August 18 after he experienced post-Covid ailments days after his recovery from the coronavirus.
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Union Interior Minister Amit Shah was discharged from the AIIM on Thursday after he was admitted four days ago with complaints of shortness of breath. He also reportedly made it home.
Shah was admitted around 11pm Saturday night and was in the CN tower, a facility reserved for VVIPs. The BJP leader was being treated by Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS.
Shah has been suffering from post-Covid ailments for a month. He was previously admitted to AIIMS on August 18 after he experienced post-Covid ailments days after his recovery from the coronavirus. On August 2, Shah had said on Twitter that he had tested positive for Covid-19, after which he was treated at Medanta Hospital, Gurugram.
He was released on August 14 after testing negative, but was readmitted to AIIMS days later to treat his post-COVID complication on August 18.
“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 December. August.
A good number of Union ministers have tested positive for the coronavirus disease since the pandemic took root in India. Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Thursday that he had contracted the virus and called on those who met with him on Tuesday to take appropriate precautions.
A day earlier, the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also broke the news about the positive test for Covid-19. In charge of the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Gadkari said he felt weak and consulted his doctor. “During the course of my review, I was tested positive for Covid-19,” he said in a tweet, adding that he was fine and had been isolated.
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