Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that he has tested negative for the coronavirus.
“Today my coronavirus test report came back negative,” Shah tweeted. “I thank god and everyone who blessed me and my family by wishing me well,” he wrote in a tweet in Hindi. “Will stay in home isolation for a few more days on the advice of doctors.”
आज मेरी कोरोना टेस्ट रिपोर्ट नेगेटिव आई है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 14, 2020
मैं ईश्वर का धन्यवाद करता हूँ और इस समय जिन लोगों ने मेरे स्वास्थ्यलाभ के लिए शुभकामनाएं देकर मेरा और मेरे परिजनों को ढाढस बंधाया उन सभी का ह्रदय से आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ।
डॉक्टर्स की सलाह पर अभी कुछ और दिनों तक होम आइसोलेशन में रहूँगा।
Shah also thanked the doctors and other staff members at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. Shah was diagnosed with the coronavirus on August 2.
A day before being diagnosed with the virus, Shah had addressed the inaugural session of a webinar organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s 100th death anniversary.
The home minister was also present in the Cabinet meeting, where the New Education Policy was approved.
On August 9, a Union home ministry official had refuted speculation on Shah testing negative for Covid-19, hours after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari’s tweet on it.
