At least nine senior RSS officials, housed at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Mahal, in central Nagpur, tested positive for coronavirus. All of the infected older adult swayamsevaks, most of whom are 60 and older, have been transferred to a private nursing home in the city for treatment.
According to people familiar with the events, up to nine senior officials were infected, and nearly all suffer from hypertension and diabetes.
“They are stable and responsive to medications,” said a senior swayamsevak who prefers anonymity.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and Secretary General Bhaiyyaji Joshi, who also reside in the same building, are out of line. “They were briefed on the development,” the senior official quoted above said, adding that almost all infected limbs were found to be asymptomatic.
In view of the increasing number of cases at RSS headquarters, all premises have been cleaned up, including all rooms within the building.
Meanwhile, the Nagpur District Guardian Minister Nitin Raut also tested positive for Covid-19. Raut, who is also the Minister of Energy, took to Twitter to inform his followers.
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“Today I have tested positive for Covid-19. I would like to ask everyone who has contacted me in the last few days to take the test as a precautionary measure. Everyone stay safe and take care, ”the minister tweeted. His wife, Sumedha, also tested positive for the disease and was admitted to a private nursing home.
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Earlier, the union minister of transport and member of Nagpur’s Lok Sabha, Nitin Gadkari, had tested positive.
Due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in Nagpur, a Janata curfew would be observed in the city on Saturdays and Sundays in the remaining two weeks of this month and a decision will be made to extend it after September 30, said the Mayor of the city, Sandip. Joshi.
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