Manish Sisodia tests negative for Covid-19, discharged from hospital


Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia was released from a Delhi hospital after testing negative for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Doctors have even advised him to rest for a week, his office said in a statement.

Along with Covid-19, Sisodia also suffered from dengue. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a private Max hospital in Delhi on September 25.

Subsequently, Sisodia was given convalescent plasma therapy, after which there was an improvement in her health.

Party leader Aam Aadmi (AAP), 48, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sept. 14. He was transferred to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan State Hospital on September 23 after his condition worsened in home isolation.

Sisodia is the second minister in the cabinet led by Arvind Kejriwal who has tested positive for Covid-19.

In June, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain was hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19. He was released from the hospital on June 26 after being treated for 12 days.

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